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Cato writes that Ameria above-mentioned was founded 964 

 years before the war with Perseus. 



CHAP. 20. (15.) — THE EIGHTH EEGION OF ITALY ; THE PADUS. 



The eighth region is bounded by Ariminum, the Padus, 

 and the Apennines. Upon the coast we have the river 

 Crustumium^ and the colony of Ariminum^, with the rivers 

 Ariminus and Aprusa. Next comes the river Eubico', once 

 the boundary of Italy, and after it the Sapis*, the Vitis, and 

 the Anemo, and then, Eavenna, a town of the Sabines*, with 

 the river Bedesis, 105 miles from Ancona ; and, not far from 

 the sea, Butrium*, a town of the Umbri. In the interior there 

 are the colonies of Bononia*^, formerly called Felsina, when 



* Now the Conca. It is called " rapoi Crustumiiun" by Lucan, B. iL 

 1.406. 



' One of the most important cities of TJmbria. It played a conspi- 

 cuous part in most of the internal wars of the Romans. The modem 

 city of Rimini which stands on its site, still retains two striking monu- 

 ments of its grandeur ; the Roman bridge of marble, which crosses the 

 river Ariminus, erected by Augustus and Tiberius, and a triumphal arch 

 of marble, erected in honour of Augustus. The river Ariminus is now 

 called the Marocchia, and the Aprusa is the Ausa. 



8 A papal decree, issued in 1756, declared the river Lusa to have been 

 the ancient Rubicon, but the more general opinion is that the PisateUo, 

 a little to the north of it, has better claims to that honour. On the north 

 bank of the Rubicon a pillar was placed by a decree of the Senate, with 

 an inscription giving notice that whoever should pass in arms into the 

 Roman territory would be deemed an enemy to the state. It is espe- 

 cially celebrated in history by Caesar's passage across it at the head of his 

 army, by which act he declared war against the repubhc. See Lucan, 

 B. i. 1. 200-230. 



* The Sapis is the modem Savio, or Rio di Cesena ; the Vitis is the 

 Bevano, and the Anemo is the Roncone. 



s Strabo and Zosimus however state that it was first founded by the 

 Thessalians. Ravenna first came into notice on being made one of the 

 two chief stations of the Roman fleet. The harboiu* which was made for 

 it was called "Classes," and between it and Ravenna sprang up the town 

 of CcBsarea. Though not deemed unhealthy, it lay in a swampy district. 

 Tlieodoric made it the capital of the kingdom of the Gk>th8. The modern 

 city stand? on the site of the ancient town. The river Bedesis is now 

 called the Montone. 



^ No remains of it are extant ; but it is supposed that it stood near 

 the entrance of the Lagunes of Comaccliio. 



7 The modem Bologna stands on its site, and there are but few remains 

 of antiquity to be seen. 



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