 Remains of the Roman decumanus | |
  Location of Altinum within Northern Italy | |
| Coordinates | 45°32′47″N 12°23′56″E / 45.54639°N 12.39889°E |
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| Type | city |
| Part of | Venetia et Histria |
| History | |
| Periods | Venetic, Roman, Gothic, Byzantine, Lombard |
Altinum (in Altino, a frazione of Quarto d'Altino) was an ancient town of the Veneti[1] 15 km southeast of modern Treviso, close to the mainland shore of the Lagoon of Venice. It was also close to the mouths of the rivers Dese, Zero and Sile. A flourishing port and trading centre during the Roman period, it was destroyed by Attila the Hun in 452. The town recovered, but was later abandoned when sea-borne sand began to cover it over. Its inhabitants moved to Torcello and other islands of the northern part of the lagoon.
Today Altinum is an archaeological area and has a national archaeological museum.