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1700 AD (search for this): book 3, chapter 2
named, like the river, Tartessus, and that the district was called Tartessis, which the Turduli now inhabit. Eratosthenes likewise tells us that the [country] near to CalpeThe rock of Gibraltar. was called Tartessis, and also Erythia the Fortunate Island. This Artemidorus contradicts, and says that it is as false as his other statements, that the Sacred PromontoryCape St. Vincent. is distant from GadesCadiz. five days' sail, when in fact they are [distant from each other] not more than 1700 stadia.This is exactly the distance from Cadiz to Cape St. Vincent, following the coasts. It is from 48 to 49 leagues. Likewise that the tide ceased at this point, whereas it passes round the whole circuit of the habitable earth. That it is easier to pass from the northern parts of Iberia into Keltica,Gaul. than to proceed thither by sea; with many other things which he asserted on the faith of that charlatan Pytheas. Our poet [Homer] being very explicit, and possessing great experienc
1200 AD (search for this): book 5, chapter 2
rom the mainland you could neither see Cyrnus nor Sardinia; and so was Artemidorus in his assertion, that both these places lay in the high sea at a distance of 1200 stadia. For whatever others might, I certainly could never have seen them at such a distance, however carefully I had looked, particularly Cyrnus. Æthalia has a is island is 160 miles, its breadth 70; that the length of Sardinia is 220, and its breadth 98. According to others, the perimeter of Cyrnus is said to be about 1200The French translators read with their manuscript 1394, peo|i\ to|is xili/os, k. t. l., about 3200. stadia, and of Sardinia 4000. A great portion of this latter iat the festival, which is celebrated yearly, and to see the said spectacle. Arretium,Arezzo. near the mountains, is the most inland city: it is distant from Rome 1200 stadia: from ClusiumChiusi. [to Rome] is 800 stadia. Near to these [two cities] is Perusia.Perugia. The large and numerous lakes add to the fertility of this co
508 BC (search for this): book 5, chapter 2
he triumphal costume of the consuls, as well as that of the other magistrates, was introduced from the Tarquinii, with the fasces, axes, trumpets, sacrifices, divination, and music employed by the Romans in their public ceremonies. His son, the second Tarquin, named Su- perbus, who was driven from his throne, was the last king [of Rome]. Porsena, king of Clusium,Chiusi. a city of Tyrrhenia, endeavoured to replace him on the throne by force of arms, but not being able he made peaceB. C. 508. with the Romans, and departed in a friendly way, with honour and loaded with gifts. Such are the facts concerning the celebrity of the Tyrrheni, to which may be added the exploits of the Cæretani,The people of Cerveteri. who defeated the Galatæ after they had taken Rome. Having attacked them as they were departing through the country of the Sabini, they took from them, much against their will, the ransom which the Romans had willingly paid to them; besides this, they took under their
1330 AD (search for this): book 5, chapter 2
length of Tyrrhenia, which is along the coast from Luna to Ostia, is about 2500 stadia; and that its breadth in the direction of the mountains is less than half that number. Then from Luna to Pisa there are more than 400 stadia; from thence to VolaterræVolterra. 280; thence to Pop- lonium 270; and from Poplonium to CossaRuins near Ansedonia. near 800, or as some say, 600. Polybius, however, says that there are notCoray here reads au)k. Kramer considers the passage corrupt. in all 1330.The French translation here gives 1460, and a note by Gosselin. Of these Luna is a city and harbour; it is named by the Greeks, the harbour and city of Selene.Selh/nh, the moon. The city is not large, but the harbourThe bay of Spezia. is very fine and spacious, containing in itself numerous harbours, all of them deep near the shore; it is in fact an arsenal worthy of a nation holding dominion for so long a time over so vast a sea. The harbour is surrounded by lofty mountains,The mountai
1350 AD (search for this): book 5, chapter 2
nd Ravenna, both of them falling into the Adriatic. At the present day, however, since Italy comprehends the whole country as far as the Alps, we need take no further notice of these limits. All allow that OmbricaUmbria. extends as far as Ravenna, as the inhabitants are Ombrici. From Ravenna to Ariminum they say is about 300 stadia. Going from Ariminum to Rome by the Via Flaminia, the whole journey lies through Ombrica as far as the city of OcricliOtricoli. and the Tiber, a distance of 1350 stadia. This, consequently, is the length [of Ombrica]; its breadth varies. The cities of considerable magnitude situated on this side the Apennines along the Via Flaminia, are Ocricli on the Tiber, Laroloni,No such city as this is mentioned in any other writer; the word as it now stands is evidently corrupt. and Narnia,Narni through which the NeraThe ancient Nar. flows. This river discharges itself into the Tiber a little above Ocricli; it is not navigable for large vessels. After thes
1460 AD (search for this): book 5, chapter 2
e coast from Luna to Ostia, is about 2500 stadia; and that its breadth in the direction of the mountains is less than half that number. Then from Luna to Pisa there are more than 400 stadia; from thence to VolaterræVolterra. 280; thence to Pop- lonium 270; and from Poplonium to CossaRuins near Ansedonia. near 800, or as some say, 600. Polybius, however, says that there are notCoray here reads au)k. Kramer considers the passage corrupt. in all 1330.The French translation here gives 1460, and a note by Gosselin. Of these Luna is a city and harbour; it is named by the Greeks, the harbour and city of Selene.Selh/nh, the moon. The city is not large, but the harbourThe bay of Spezia. is very fine and spacious, containing in itself numerous harbours, all of them deep near the shore; it is in fact an arsenal worthy of a nation holding dominion for so long a time over so vast a sea. The harbour is surrounded by lofty mountains,The mountains of Carrara. from whence you may view
1394 AD (search for this): book 5, chapter 2
None of these names are found in Ptolemy's description of Corsica. Diodorus Siculus has names somewhat similar. The chorographerIt is uncertain to whom Strabo here alludes. The French translators are of opinion that he alludes to the chart of Agrippa. says that the length of this island is 160 miles, its breadth 70; that the length of Sardinia is 220, and its breadth 98. According to others, the perimeter of Cyrnus is said to be about 1200The French translators read with their manuscript 1394, peo|i\ to|is xili/os, k. t. l., about 3200. stadia, and of Sardinia 4000. A great portion of this latter is rugged and untranquil; another large portion is fertile in every production, but particularly in wheat. There are many cities, some are considerable, as CaralisCagliari. and Sulchi.Cluvier is of opinion that the modern Palma di Solo corresponds to Sulchi. There is however an evil, which must be set against the fertility of these places; for during the summer the island is unheal
1440 AD (search for this): book 5, chapter 2
ra Camellaria. where wooden vases are manufactured, and Forum Sempronium.Fossembruno. Going from Ocricli to Ariminum, on the right of the way are Interamna,Terni. Spoletium,Spoleto. Asisium,Between Spoleto and Camerino. and Camerta, situated in the mountains which bound Picenum. On the other sideThe left side of the Via Flaminia. are Ameria,Amelia. Tuder,Todi. a well-fortified city, Hispellum,Hispello. and Iguvium,Eugubbio, or Gubbio, where the celebrated inscriptions were found in 1440. near to the passes of the mountain. The whole of this country is fertile, but rather too mountainous, and producing more ryeZeia\. than wheat for the food of the inhabitants. The next district, Sabina, is mountainous, and borders on Tyrrhenia in like manner. The parts of Latium which border on these districts and the Apennines are very rugged. These two nationsSabinaand Latium. commence from the Tiber and Tyrrhenia, and extend as far as the Apennines which advance obliquely towards th
478 BC (search for this): book 6, chapter 2
t 649 B. C. the people of Naxos, Callipolis,It is supposed that Callipolis anciently occupied the site of Mascalis. the Megaræans of Sicily,Those who inhabited Hybia Minor. We know that Selinus was in existence 640 B. C., and destroyed 268 B. C. Selinus,Now ruins called di Pollece on the river Madiuni in the Terra de' Pulci. and the LeontiniThe Leontini arrived in Sicily 728 B. C., and founded Leontini, now Lentini. Eubœa.Eubmœa was destroyed by the tyrant Gelon, who reigned from 491 to 478 B. C. Eubali, Castellazzio, and a place near the little town of Licodia, not far from the source of the Drillo, have been supposed to be the site of the ancient Eubœa. Siebenkees thinks that the words between daggers at the end of § 7 should follow Eubœa. Many too of the cities of the aboriginal inhabitantsLit. barbarians. have been destroyed, as Camici, the kingdom of Cocalus, at whose house Minos is reported to have been treacherously cut off. The Romans therefore, considering th<
1500 AD (search for this): book 6, chapter 2
line run from Pachynus to Lilybæum (which is much to the west of Pelorias) is considerably diverged from the south towards the west, having at the same time an aspect looking towards the east and towards the south.Gossellin observes, that from Pachynus to Lilybæum the coast runs from the south to the north-west, and looks towards the south-west. On one side it is washed by the sea of Sicily, and on the other by the Libyan Sea, extending from Carthage to the Syrtes. The shortest run is 1500 stadia from Lilybæum to the coast of Africa about Carthage; and, according to report, a certain very sharp-sighted person,This person, according to Varro, was named Strabo. See Varr. ap. Plin. Hist. Nat. lib. vii. § 21, page 386. placed on a watch-tower, announced to the Carthaginians besieged in Lilybæum the number of the ships which were leaving Carthage. And from Lilybæum to Pelorias the side must necessarily incline towards the east, and look in a direction towards the west and nort<
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