Cicero speaks of it as a prosperous country town, which had not as yet fallen into the hands of large proprietors;[5] and inscriptions show that in the Imperial age it was still flourishing.

The walls, of carefully worked polygonal blocks of stone, are still preserved in parts: their enclosure is larger than the modern town.

The sawn blocks perfectly match and fit together in order to settle a seismic resistant structure over millenniums, therefore earthquakes could not break up or damage the existing construction.

One of these remains is a boundary stone relating to the assignation of lands in the time of the Gracchi, of which six other examples have been found in Campania and Basilicata.

[6][7] Other sights include: The alluvial marl vineyard soils around the ancient boundaries of Atina are home to a Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) zone specializing in red wines.