BOOK III. V. 67-70 



tous hills, except for the fact that the increasing 

 spread of buildings has added a number of cities 

 to it.'» 



The first region formerly included the following Latium, 

 celebrated towns of Latium besides those mentioned : 

 Satricum, Pometia, Scaptia, Politorium, Tellena, 

 Tifata, Caenina, Ficana, Crustumerium, Ameriola, 

 Medullum, Comiculum, Saturnia on the site of the 

 present Rome, Antipolis, which to-day is Janiculum 

 and a part of Rome, Antemnae, Camerium, Collatia, 

 Amitinum, Norbe, Sulmo; and together with these 

 the Alban peoples who were accustomed to ' receive 

 flesh ' ^ on the Alban Hill, namely the Albani, 

 Aesolani, Accienses, Abolani, Bubetani, Bolani, 

 Cusuetani, Coriolani, Fidenates, Foreti, Hortenses, 

 Latinienses, Longulani, Manates, Macrales, Muni- 

 enses, Numinienses, Olliculani, Octulani, Pedani, 

 Polluscini, Querquetulani, Sicani, Sisolenses, Toleri- 

 enses, Tutienses, Vimitellari, Vehenses, Venetulani, 

 Vitellenses. Thus 53 peoples of Old Latium have 

 perished without leaving a trace. 



In the Campanian territory the town of Stabiae ' Campania. 

 existed right dovm to April 29 in the consulship'' 

 of Gnaeus Pompeius and Lucius Cato, when Lieu- 

 tenant-General Lucius Sulla in the AlHes' War 

 destroyed the place that has now been reduced 

 to a farmhouse. Here also was Taurania, which has 

 now perished ; and the remains of Casihnum are in 

 process of disappearance. Furthermore, Antias 

 records that the Latin town of Apiolae was captured 

 by King Lucius Tarquinius, who used the spoils of 

 it to begin building the Capitol. The 30 miles of 

 Picentine territory between the district of Sorrento 

 and the river Silaro belonged to the Etruscans ; it 



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