Plinies; Natiirall Hiftorie* 



A for reputation of men^regard of cmlkk and raannersjand for wealch^worthy toi)e fet behind no 

 other provinces whatfoever : and in one word^ to he counted Italie inqrc truly than a p rovince; 

 In the edge or marches thereof^ lyeth the couimef of the Sardapns 5 and within, the region of 

 the Confuarones. The rivers be Tecum and Vernodubrum ; the townes^, lUibcris (a poore re- 

 lique and iimple flhcw of a eitie to that it was in old time) and RuftiOa . inhabited by the Latines* 

 Theriver AtaxCpringing out of Pyrenacus^runneth throughthekkeRubrf nf^s and floteth ovge 

 it. Narh Martm a Colonic inhabited by the Legionaries of the tenth legio^ji twelve miles dfr 



~ iiant from the fea^Rivers, Araris and Liria. Towncs in the other partSi fcatcering here and cliere 

 by reafon of pooles and meeres lyingbefore them i namely^ Agatha, in timespafl belonging to 

 the Maffilians,and the region of Volfcas Tediofages. Aifo^wheitelUiodaoff tbeRhodians was^ 



^ whereof RhodanUs tooke name, the moft firuitfull river by farre of all Gallia y running fwifdy out 

 of the Alpes through theiake Lemanusj and carrying with itthc deadend (low fiver Ar3ns-,and 

 Ifara running as faft as itftlfe, together with Druentia. The two fiiiall mouthesor palfages ther: 

 of are called Lybica : of whiclvhc one is Hifpanienfumj the other Metapinum : a third there, is 

 befides, and the fame moft wideand Iarge,named MafTalioticum. There be shat write^how the 

 towneHcraclealikewifeftood upon.the mouth of Rhodanus. Beyond thejdixch out of Rhoda- 

 nusjwhich was the work of CM Arm and bearing his name, there was a notable pooIe or meere* 

 Moreoverj the towneAftromela, and the maritime tra^^ ofthe A.vstici: andaboveitjtheftonie 

 plainesj carrying the memoriall of ^i'/'^/^/f/ hisbattailes. The region of the Anatilians, and 

 within- forth, of the Defuviates and Cavians. Againe^from thefea 5 Tricorumjand inward, the 



P region of the Tricollivocantians, Segovellauhes, and anon of the Allobroges : but in the mar- 

 ches, MalTilia of GreekePhocseeans-.within the kague.ThepromontorieCithariftajZaoparttiSj 

 and the region of the Camatullici. Afterthemjthe Suelterij and above them, Verucines. But 

 in the eoaft along ftill, Athenopolis under theMafTilians, Igorum lulij aColonieof the ninth 

 legion fouldiers,whichalfois called Parenfisand Claffica : in it is the river Argenteus: the re- 

 gion of the OxubijartdLigauniansjabove whomc,arethe Suetri, Qyariates, and Adunicates: 

 but in the borders, a LatinctowneAntipolis. The region of the Deciatesj the river Varus gu- 

 filing out of an hill of the Alpes,€alled Acema. In the middle part thereof the Colonies, Are- 

 late of the fixth legion fouldiers, Bliter^e of thefeventh, and Araufia of chofe belonging to the 



J) fecond. In the territorieof the Cavians, Valentia and Viennapfthe AllobrogesXatine towns^ 

 Aquce Sexti^ of the Salyans,and Avenio of the Cavians, Apta lulia of the Vulgientians, Ale- 

 becerriorum of the Apoliinares,Albaof theHeluans, Anguftaof theTricoftines; Anatilia, 

 AeriajBormanni^Comacina, CabelliOj Carcafum, of the Volfcane Tedofages : Ceffero^Car- 

 pentoradcjof theMenines:the Cenicenfes, Cambole(5i:i, who are named befides Adantici, 

 Forom Voconij, GlanumjLivijjLutevani, who are the fame thatForo-ncronienfes. Nemaufum 

 ofthe ArccomicijPifcenSjRutcni, SanugenfeSjand TolofanijOf theTed;orages. The neigh- 

 bour borderers upon AquitanejTarco-dumetarijCanonienfeSjVmbranici.Twocapitall towns 

 ofthe confederate State of the Vocontians,ValcoandLucus Augufti. But bafe townesof no 

 importance nineteene, as 24 more annexed to the Nemaufiens, and under their Seignorie. To 



P this charter or Inftrument enrolled, the Emperour added of the Alpine inhabitants, die 

 Avantici andEproduntij; whofe towne is named Dima. faith, that the length of this' 



provinceNarbonenfiSj is27omiles, andthebreadth248. 



Chap. v. 

 ^ Italie^T iberis^ Rome^Cam^ami 



NExttothem isitalie,andthefirftof alI,theLigurians :then Hetrurla, Vmbrja,Latium3 

 where be themouthesof Tiberisand Rome theheadcitcyof the whole earth i^myles 

 diftant from the fea. After it, is the maritime countrey of the Volfcians,and Campanias 

 then Picentium, Lucanum,and Brutium,the furtheft point in the South, unto which from the 

 F crooked mountainesof the Alpes, like in manner to the moone croilTant, with fome parts 

 higher, other lower, Italic fhooteth out in length to the feas : from it, is the fea coaft of Gr^cia ^ 

 and foonc after, the SalcntineSjPcdiculi, Apuli,Pcligni,FerentanijMarrucini, Veftines, Sa- 

 bineSjPicentesjGaules^Vmbrians^Thufcans^VenetianSj Carniansjiapides, Iftrians, andLi- 

 burnians, 



Neidict 



