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could be compared to it. It is enclosed on the East Side 

 with the Rampart of Tarquinius the Proud ; a very won- 

 derful piece of Work : for he raised it as high as the Walls 

 on that Side where the approach to it was most open. On 

 the other Part it was fortified with exceedingly high Walls, 

 or with steep Hills, except where there the Buildings lie out, 

 and make many Cities. In that first Region there were 

 besides, for Latium, these distinguished Towns : Satricum, 

 Pometia, Scaptia, Pitulum, Politorium, Tellene, Tifata. 

 Caemina, Ficana, Crustumerium, Ameriola, Medullia, Cor- 

 niculum, Saturnia, where now Rome standeth : Antipolis, 

 which now is Janiculum, in a Part of Rome : Antemnse, 

 Carnerium, Collatise : Amiternum, Norbe, Sulmo ; and with 

 these, the Alban People, who were accustomed to receive 

 Flesh in Mount Alban ; Albani, ^Esolani, Acienses, Aholani, 

 Bubetani, Bolani, Casuetani, Coriolani, Fidenates, Foretii, 

 Hortenses, Latinenses, Longulani, Manates, Macrales, Mu- 

 tucumenses, Munienses, Numinienses, OHiculani, Octulani, 

 Pedani, Pollustini, Querquetulani, Sicani, Sisolenses, Tole- 

 rienses, Tutienses, Virnitellarii, Velienses, Venetulani, Vi- 

 cellenses. Thus of the Old Latium there be fifty-three States 

 perished, without any Remains left behind. Moreover, in 

 the Campaign Country, the Town Stabiae continued to the 

 Time that Cn. Pompeius and L. Carbo were Consuls, the 

 last Day of April ; upon which Day L. Sylla, Legate in the 

 Social War, destroyed it utterly : which now is turned into 

 Farm-houses. There is decayed also there Taurania. There 

 be also some little Relics left of the dying Casilinum. 

 Moreover, Antias writeth, that Apiolae, a Town of the 

 Latins, was taken by L. Tarquinius^ the King ; with the 

 Pillage whereof he founded the Capitol. From Surrentum 

 to the River Silarus was the Picentine Country, for the 

 space of thirty Miles, renowned for the Tuscan's Temple 

 built by Jason in honour of Juno Argiva. Within it stood 

 the Towns Salernum and Picentia. At Silarus, the third 

 Region beginneth, together with the Lucan and Brutian 

 Countries : and there also the Inhabitants changed not a 

 few times. For it was possessed by the Pelasgi, (Enotri, 



