GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX. A. Aborigines; a word for the earliest inhabitants of Latium. Ægates insulæ, three islands on the western coast of Sicily, between Lily. Equi, or Equicolæ. See Volsci, at the end. Esis, a river forming the northern boundary of Picenum, and the southern Alba Longa, a town of Latium, southeast of Rome. Albanus Mons, a hill, on 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 Allobroges, a people of Gaul, living on the Rhone, north of the Isère, who Amiternum, a town of the Sabines, on the Aternus. Antemnæ, a Sabine town, on the Anio, at its junction with the Tiber 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 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 B. Baleares, or Baleares insulæ, called by the Greeks Gymnesia, two islands in Beneventum, a town in Samnium; now Benevento, in the Neapolitan Province, Boii, a powerful tribe in Cisalpine Gaul, whose settlements were on the south Bovianum, a town in Samnium; now Boiano, in the Neapolitan Province Brixiani, inhabitants of Brixia, chief town of the Cenomanni in Gallia Trans- Bruttii, a people in the southern extremity of Italy, inhabiting the district C. Cænina, a Sabine town, northeast of Rome, on a branch of the Anio. Inhab- Cære, a city in Etruria, northwest of Rome, now Cerveteri in the Papal States. Calatia, a town in Campania; now Caiazzo, in the Neapolitan Province, Terra Cales, a town in Campania; now Calvi, in the Neapolitan Province, Terra di Callicula, sc. mons, a mountain-chain in Campania, stretching from Cales east- Cannæ, a village in Apulia, on the right bank of the Aufidus; now Canne, in Canusium, a city in Apulia, near the right bank of the Aufidus; now Canosa, Capena, a town in Etruria, north of Rome. It was probably near the Tiber, Capena, Porta, a gate of Rome, on the east. See Plan of Rome. Capua, the capital of Campania, situated near the modern village of St. Maria, Carpetani, a people of Spain, whose territory was bounded on the north by Oretani, and on the east by the Celtiberi; i. e., the modern Valladolid, Cartala, capital of the Olcades, Liv. XXI. 4. Others, however, read in that Carthago Nova, a city in Spain; the modern Carthagena in Murcia. Casilīnum, a city in Campania, on the river Vulturnus; the modern Capua, in Casinum, a town of the Volsci, in Latium, on the site of which is the modern Castŭlo, a city in Spain, near the source of the river Bætis; according to Caudina Furculæ, a mountain-pass in Samnium, on the road from Capua to Celtiberia, territory of the Celtiberi, the most numerous people of Spain, who Cenomani, or Cenomanni, a Celtic people in Cisalpine Gaul, on the north side 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 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 Cremona, a city on the northern bank of the Po, in Cisalpine Gaul; now Cremonis jugum; otherwise called Alpis Graia, the modern Little St. Bernard. Crustumerium, a town northeast of Rome, and near the sources of the Alia. 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; Eneti, a people who lived in Paphlagonia, on the Parthenius. Eryx, a mountain on the northwest coast of Sicily, now called St. Giuliano. Etovissa, a town of the Edetani in Spain. Euganei, a people who lived in the north of Italy, on the southern slopes of F. Fæsŭlæ, a city in Etruria; the modern village of Fiesole, near Florence. 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 Formiæ, a city in Latium, on the coast, near the site of which is the little Fretum Siculum, the Straits between Italy and Sicily, now Faro di 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 Genua, a town in Liguria; now Genua, Genoa, in the Kingdom of Sardinia. H. Heraclea, a city in Magna Græcia, near the mouth of the Liris. Herculis Columnæ, Pillars of Hercules, two mountains on the opposite shores Hermandica, a city of the Vaccæi, in Spain. Hirpini, a people of Samnium, who occupied the country which is now the Hispaniæ. Livy frequently uses this plural, in reference to Hispania citerior Honosca; see Onusa. I. Ibērus, the Ebro, river in Spain. Iliberri, a town in Gaul; now Elne. Insubres, a people in Cisalpine Gaul, whose territory extended southward to Isara, Isère, river in France. J. Janiculum, a hill not included in the seven on which Rome was built; on the L. Lacetania, territory of the Lacetani, extending from the Pyrenees down to- 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- Laurens ager, the territory of Laurentum, on the coast of Latium, not far Lavici; see note, II. 39. Libui Galli, a tribe in Cisalpine Gaul; according to Mannert, in the neighbor- Lilybæum, a city on the western coast of Sicily, where is now the city of Liparæ insulæ, also Æolia or Vulcaniæ Insulæ, islands north of Sicily. Locri, or Locrenses Epizephyrii, inhabitants of the town of Locri, and the Longuntica, a city in Spain south of the Ebro, on the sea-coast. Lucani, a tribe in Lower Italy, separated from Campania and Apulia by the Luceria, a city in Daunian Apulia; now Lucera. Lusitania; this name belonged first to the country between the Durius and 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 Marsi, a people in Samnium, north of Lacus Fucinus. Massicus mons, a range of hills on the borders of Latium and Campania, cele 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 |