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GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX.

A.

Aborigines; a word for the earliest inhabitants of Latium.

Ægates insulæ, three islands on the western coast of Sicily, between Lily.
bæum and Drepanum; viz., Egusa, Phorbantia, and Hiera; now
Favignana, Levanzo, and Maretimo.

Equi, or Equicolæ. See Volsci, at the end.

Esis, a river forming the northern boundary of Picenum, and the southern
of Umbria, near the mouth of which stands Ancona.

Alba Longa, a town of Latium, southeast of Rome. Albanus Mons, a hill, on
a ridge of which Alba stood, the scene of the Latina Feriæ.

Albula, the ancient name of the Tiber.

Algidus, a hill in Latium, in the territory of the Equi.

Alia; see note, V. 37.

Allifa, or Allifæ, a town in Samnium; now Alife, in the Neapolitan Province
Terra di Lavoro.

Allobroges, a people of Gaul, living on the Rhone, north of the Isère, who
occupied most of what is called Savoy, and the northern part of Dau-
phiné. Capital was Vienna, now Vienne.

Amiternum, a town of the Sabines, on the Aternus.

Antemnæ, a Sabine town, on the Anio, at its junction with the Tiber
Antium, a town of Latium, south of Rome, about six miles from the mouth of

the Tiber.

Appiŏlæ, a Latin town, taken by Tarquinius Priscus.

Apulia, a district of Lower Italy. Comp. Aufidus.

Arar, a river in Gaul, now the Saone.

Arbocala, according to Polybius and Livy, a town of the Vaccæi in Spain
(which word see); according to others, of the Vettones in Lusitania.
Ardea, chief town of the Rutuli in Latium, not quite a mile from the sea;
now Ardea in the Papal States.

Argiletum. See note, I. 19.

Aricia, a town in Latium, on the Appian Way.

Ariminum, a town in Umbria, on the Adriatic Sea; now Rimini in the Papal

States.

Arnus, a river in Etruria; now the Arno.

Arpi, a town in Western Apulia.

Arretium, an Etrurian town near the Apennines; the modern Arrezzo in

Tuscany.

Arsia, a wood in the neighborhood of Rome, near the Janiculum.

Atellani, inhabitants of Atella, a small town in Campania, between Neapolis
and Capua; near the modern town Aversa, in the kingdom of Naples.
Athanagia, chief town of the Ilergetes, in Spain. See Ilergetes.
Aufidus, a river in Apulia, dividing that district into two parts, of which the
eastern was called Daunia, and the western Peucetia; the modern
Ofanto.
Ausetani, a people of Spain, in the northeastern part of the modern Catalonia.
Aventinus, sc. mons, or Aventinum, one of the seven hills of Rome. See Plan.

B.

Baleares, or Baleares insulæ, called by the Greeks Gymnesia, two islands in
the Mediterranean, which belonged to Hispania Tarraconensis; Bal.
major, now Majorca; Bal. minor, now Minorca. The inhabitants were
called Baleares, and were celebrated as slingers, Báλλew. See Ebusus.
Bargusii, a people of Spain, near the Pyrenees. According to Mannert, they
formed a part of the Ilergetes.

Beneventum, a town in Samnium; now Benevento, in the Neapolitan Province,
Principato ulteriore, but belonging to the Papal States.

Boii, a powerful tribe in Cisalpine Gaul, whose settlements were on the south
of the Po, and extended beyond the modern Parma, Modena, and
Bologna.

Bovianum, a town in Samnium; now Boiano, in the Neapolitan Province
Molise.

Brixiani, inhabitants of Brixia, chief town of the Cenomanni in Gallia Trans-
padana; the modern Brescia.

Bruttii, a people in the southern extremity of Italy, inhabiting the district
Bruttium, the modern Calabria. Comp. Lucani.

C.

Cænina, a Sabine town, northeast of Rome, on a branch of the Anio. Inhab-
itants, Caninenses, Canini.

Cære, a city in Etruria, northwest of Rome, now Cerveteri in the Papal States.
In the vicinity were springs, called Carites, or Carētes.

Calatia, a town in Campania; now Caiazzo, in the Neapolitan Province, Terra
di Lavoro. Calatinus.

Cales, a town in Campania; now Calvi, in the Neapolitan Province, Terra di
Lavoro. Calenus.

Callicula, sc. mons, a mountain-chain in Campania, stretching from Cales east-
ward toward the Vulturnus.

Cannæ, a village in Apulia, on the right bank of the Aufidus; now Canne, in
the Neapolitan Province, Terra di Bari.

Canusium, a city in Apulia, near the right bank of the Aufidus; now Canosa,
in the Neapolitan Province, Terra di Bari.

Capena, a town in Etruria, north of Rome. It was probably near the Tiber,
not far from the site of the modern village of Fiano.

Capena, Porta, a gate of Rome, on the east. See Plan of Rome.
Capitolinus, mons, one of the seven hills of Rome. See Plan.

Capua, the capital of Campania, situated near the modern village of St. Maria,
in the Neapolitan Province, Terra di Lavoro.

Carpetani, a people of Spain, whose territory was bounded on the north by
the Durius (Douro), on the west by Lusitania, on the south by the

Oretani, and on the east by the Celtiberi; i. e., the modern Valladolid,
south of the Douro, the provinces of Avila and Segovia, the greatest
part of Guadalaxara, and most of the central part of Toledo. Cities:
Tolētum (Toledo), Contrebia, Segovia, etc.

Cartala, capital of the Olcades, Liv. XXI. 4. Others, however, read in that
passage, Carteia, which Polybius, 3, 13, mentions as a town on the
Fretum Gaditanum. Another reading still is Althæa.

Carthago Nova, a city in Spain; the modern Carthagena in Murcia.

Casilīnum, a city in Campania, on the river Vulturnus; the modern Capua, in
the Neapolitan Province, Terra di Lavoro.

Casinum, a town of the Volsci, in Latium, on the site of which is the modern
town of St. Germano. Adject. Casinas.

Castŭlo, a city in Spain, near the source of the river Bætis; according to
Mannert, the modern Cazorla, in Jaen.

Caudina Furculæ, a mountain-pass in Samnium, on the road from Capua to
Beneventum.

Celtiberia, territory of the Celtiberi, the most numerous people of Spain, who
lived in the southwestern part of the modern Arragonia, in the south
of Navarra, in eastern Old Castile (Prov. Soria), and northeastern New
Castile (Prov. Cuença).

Cenomani, or Cenomanni, a Celtic people in Cisalpine Gaul, on the north side
of the Po, in the neighborhood of the modern Brescia, Mantua, and
Verona.

Cercīna, an island in the Syrtis Minor, on the coast of Africa.

Circeii, a town in Latium, on the coast, about sixty miles south of Rome
Clastidium, a town in Liguria; now Casteggio.

Clusium, an Etrurian town, northwest of Rome.

Cœlius, mons, one of the seven hills of Rome. See Plan.

Collatia, a Latin town, a little to the north of Gabii.

Collina, Porta, one of the gates of Rome

Corbio; see note, II. 39.

Corioli; see note, II. 39.

See Plan.

Corniculum, a Latin town, taken by Tarquinius Priscus.

Cortona, a city of Etruria, one and a half geographical miles northwest of
Lacus Trasimenus; now Cortona, in Tuscany.

Cremona, a city on the northern bank of the Po, in Cisalpine Gaul; now
Cremona.

Cremonis jugum; otherwise called Alpis Graia, the modern Little St. Bernard.
See note on XXI. 38; and the Map of the Passage of Hannibal.
Croton, or Croto, or Crotona, a city in Magna Græcia, on the Gulf of Taren-
tum; now Cotrone.

Crustumerium, a town northeast of Rome, and near the sources of the Alia.
Cures, a Sabine town, on the Via Salaria.

D.

Druentia, a river in Gaul; now the Durance.

Delphi, a town in Phocis, and the seat of the celebrated oracle of Apollo.

E.

Ebusus insula, the largest of the islands called Pityusa, off the coast of Spain;
now called Ivica; by some ranked among the Balearic islands.
Emporia, or Emporium, a Greek colonial town in Spain; now Empurias in
Catalonia.

Eneti, a people who lived in Paphlagonia, on the Parthenius.

Eryx, a mountain on the northwest coast of Sicily, now called St. Giuliano.
Esquiliæ, one of the seven hills of Rome. See Plan.

Etovissa, a town of the Edetani in Spain.

Euganei, a people who lived in the north of Italy, on the southern slopes of
the Alps, near the lakes Benacus, Sebinus, and Larius.

F.

Fæsŭlæ, a city in Etruria; the modern village of Fiesole, near Florence.
Falerii, a city of the Falisci in Etruria.

Falernus ager, a district of Campania, celebrated for its wines.

Ferentinum. See note, II. 38.

Ficana, a town taken by Ancus Marcius; it was on the Via Ostiensis.

Fidena, now Castel Giubileo, a town northeast of Rome, near the junction of
the Cremera with the Tiber.

Formiæ, a city in Latium, on the coast, near the site of which is the little
town of Mola.

Fretum Siculum, the Straits between Italy and Sicily, now Faro di Messina,
or Straits of Messina.

G.

Gabii, a Latin town between Rome and Præneste.

Gades, a city in Spain, now Cadiz. In its vicinity was a celebrated temple of
Hercules.

Genua, a town in Liguria; now Genua, Genoa, in the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Geronium, a town in Daunia.

H.

Heraclea, a city in Magna Græcia, near the mouth of the Liris.

Herculis Columnæ, Pillars of Hercules, two mountains on the opposite shores
of the Gulf of Gibraltar; Calpe (Gibraltar), in Spain, and Abyla (Cape
Serra), in Africa.

Hermandica, a city of the Vaccæi, in Spain.

Hirpini, a people of Samnium, who occupied the country which is now the
Principato ulteriore of the kingdom of Naples.

Hispaniæ. Livy frequently uses this plural, in reference to Hispania citerior
and Hispania ulterior; the former the eastern part of Spain, after-
wards called Tarraconensis, and the latter the southern and western
parts, Lusitania and Bætica.

Honosca; see Onusa.

I.

Ibērus, the Ebro, river in Spain.
Ilergavonenses, or Lergavonenses, or Ilercaonenses, a people in Spain, east
of the Edetani, on both sides of the Ebro, and near its mouth.
Ilergetes, the most extensive people living between the Ebro and the Pyrenees.
They occupied nearly the whole of what is now called Arragonia, to-
gether with Lerida.

Iliberri, a town in Gaul; now Elne.

Insubres, a people in Cisalpine Gaul, whose territory extended southward to
the Po, on the west to the river Sesia, and on the north to the Alps.
Chief city, Medioalnum, now Milan.

Isara, Isère, river in France.

J.

Janiculum, a hill not included in the seven on which Rome was built; on the
west side of the Tiber. See Plan of Rome.

L.

Lacetania, territory of the Lacetani, extending from the Pyrenees down to-
wards the Ebro, and embracing the northern half of the modern
Catalonia.

Lacus Trasimenus. See Trasimenus.

Lanuvium, a town in Latium, now the village of Civita Lavigna.

Larinum, a town in the territory of the Frentani; now Larino in the Neapoli-
tan Province Capitanata.

Laurens ager, the territory of Laurentum, on the coast of Latium, not far
from the mouth of the Tiber.

Lavici; see note, II. 39.

Libui Galli, a tribe in Cisalpine Gaul; according to Mannert, in the neighbor-
hood of the modern Bergamo and Brescia; according to others, the
same as the Libici, who lived near Vercelli, on both sides of the Sesia.
Ligures, inhabitants of Liguria, a country extending along the Mare Ligus-
ticum (Gulf of Genoa); now Genoa, Piedmont, and Nice.

Lilybæum, a city on the western coast of Sicily, where is now the city of
Marsala.

Liparæ insulæ, also Æolia or Vulcaniæ Insulæ, islands north of Sicily.
Liternum, or Linternum, a city in Campania, north of the mouth of the river
Liternus; now Patria.

Locri, or Locrenses Epizephyrii, inhabitants of the town of Locri, and the
surrounding country in Bruttium.

Longuntica, a city in Spain south of the Ebro, on the sea-coast.
Luca, Lucca, city in Etruria; now Lucca.

Lucani, a tribe in Lower Italy, separated from Campania and Apulia by the
rivers Silărus and Bradānus, and from Bruttium by the Laus and
Sybăris.

Luceria, a city in Daunian Apulia; now Lucera.

Lusitania; this name belonged first to the country between the Durius and
the Tagus, from the sea as far as the eastern border of modern Portu-
gal. Afterwards, as a Roman province, it embraced all of Portugal
south of the Douro, Salamanca, the largest part of Estremadura, and
the western extremity of the province of Toledo.

M.

Mæsia, the name of a wood, probably between Rome and the sea.

Marrucīni, a people who lived in the country which is now the Hither
Abruzzo (Abruzzo citeriore) of the kingdom of Naples, on the right bank
of the Aternus. Capital, Teate, now Chieti.

Marsi, a people in Samnium, north of Lacus Fucinus.

Massicus mons, a range of hills on the borders of Latium and Campania, cele
brated for the wines grown there.

Massilia, a city in southern Gaul, now Marseilles.

Medullia, an Alban town, northeast of Rome.

Melita, or Melite; the island of Malta.

Menix or Meninx insula, an island in the Syrtis Minor, on the coast of Africa
Messana, a city in Sicily; Messina.

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