BOOK III. .wii. 124-.W111. 127 



Bergamo, Incino and some surrounding peoples are 

 of the Orumbivian stoek, but he confesses that he 

 does not know the origin of that race ; whereas 

 CorneHus Alexander states that it originated from 

 Greece, arguing merely by the name, which he 

 renders ' those who pass their lives in mountains.''' 

 In this locahty a to\^Ti of the Orumbivii named 

 Parra, said by Cato to be the original home of the 

 people of Bergamo, has perished, its remains still 

 showing its site to have been more loffcy than advan- 

 tageous. Other communities that have perished 

 are the Caturiges, an exiled section of the Insubrians, 

 and the above-mentioned Spina, and also the excep- §120. 

 tionally wealthy town of Melpum, which is stated by 

 Comelius Nepos to have been destroyed by the 

 Insubrians, Boii and Senones on the day* on which 

 Camillus took Veii. 



X\'III. Next comes the tenth region of Italy, Venetia, 

 on tlie coast of the Adriatic Sea. In it are Venetia,"^ 

 the river Silo that rises in the mountains of Treviso, 

 the town of Altino, the river Liquenzo rising in the 

 mountains of Oderzo, and the port of the same name, 

 the colony of Concordia, the river and port of llieti, 

 the Greater and Lesser Tagliamento, the Stella, 

 into which flows the Revonchi,the Alsa,the Natisone, 

 with the Torre that flows past the colony of Aquileia 

 situated 15 miles from the sea. This is the region 

 of the Carni, and adjoining it is tliat of the lapudes, 

 the river Timavo, Castel Duino, famous for its \vine, 

 the Gulf of Trieste, and the colony of the same 

 name, 33 miles from Aquileia. Six miles beyond 

 Trieste is the river Formio,*^ 189 miles from Ravenna, 

 the old frontier ^ of the enlarged Italy and now the 

 boundary of Istria. It has been stated by many 



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