504 Rev. Mr Wituiams on one Source of the 
and disgrace of the war with Porsena, have recruited its exhaust- 
ed strength by the admission of Arra Ciausus, with five thou- 
sand Sabines, into the full right and privileges of Roman citi- 
zens. It may therefore be safely inferred, that the great body of 
the original population of Rome was of Sabine, that is, of Um- 
brian race and blood. 
The next step is to prove that this Umbrian race was cognate 
in blood and language with our own Cumrians. In appealing 
to ancient testimony, it will be at once felt that much cannot be 
expected which will throw any light upon the subject ; yet, con- 
trary to such an expectation, there do exist certain testimonies 
of the clearest nature. The first is that of Cornneiius Boccuus, 
a learned friend and freedman of Syitua, who, according to Soxi- 
nus, “ completely proved that the Umbri are an offset of the an- 
cient Gauls.” To give its full weight to this testimony, we 
ought to remember, that Syixa, the patron of Boccuus, had 
every reason, both during the social war and in his wars against 
the Marians and their allies, to institute the most serious inqui- 
ries into the origin of the Sabellian tribes, and the circumstances 
that had changed them from their long continued character of 
faithful allies, into the most powerful and inveterate enemies of 
Rome. The second testimony is that of Anronrus GNipHo, a 
high name among Roman grammarians, himself a native of Cis- 
alpine Gaul, and one of the most. accomplished scholars of his 
day, to whose instruction even Jutius Cxsar owed much. ° 
~ Servius, Vireit’s learned commentator, writes, “ M. Anro- 
n1us states that undoubtedly the Umbrians were the offspring of 
the ancient Gauls.” Isrporvs,’ in his Origines, combines this 
' Sorin. Pol. Hist. cap. 8. 
Absolvit Umbros Gallorum veterum propaginem esse. 
2 Vine. Serv. p. 724, near the end of the twelfth book. 
Sane Umbros veterum Gallorum propaginem esse refert. 
® Origines, lib. 9, cap. 2, 
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