Plinics Naturall Hiftofie* 



^ After thaCjthe plaints Phlegr3si,anci the meerc or fenne Aeherufia neere to Ctimes. And upon 

 the very ftrond by thefea fideHapleSja citie alfo of the Chakidians^thefaine thatPanhenope^ 

 fo called of the tonibe of a Sirene or Mecremaid : Herculanium, Pompeij: and where not farrc 

 off the mountaineVeftiviusoverlooketh, and the river Sernus runneth under the territorieoC 

 Huceria5and within nine miles of the feajNuceria it lelfe. Surrentum with the promonto ric of 

 Mwerva^tht feat fomtime of the Meerem aids .From the cape Circeij lie th the fea open for faile 

 78 milc.This is counted the firft region of ltalie,next to Tibris, according to the defcription of 

 ^&guflp0.V^iihm it are thefe ColonieSjCapua/o called of the Champane countryj Aquinum, 

 Sue(fa,Venafrum3 Sora^ Teanum, named withall Sidicinum andNola : theTownes bee^Abelli- 

 uumjAriciaiAlbaLonga^AcerranijAllifanijAtinateSjAlctrinateSjAnagninijAtellanijAfulgnis 



£ Arpinates,Auximates,AvellanijAlfaterni5and they who of theLatinejHernick, andLabicane 

 terricories.are furnamed accordingly .'Bovillse, Calatias^GafinumjCalenum^CapituIumjCerne- 

 tum,Ccrnet3nijwho be called alio Mariarti.Corani defcended from Dardanus theTrojaiifc.Gu^ 

 bukerinijCaftrimonienleSjCinguIani. Fabienfesjand in the mount Albane^Foro-populienles, 

 Out of the Falerne territoriejFrufinatcsjFercntinatesjFreginatesj Fabraterni the old^Fab^aterni 

 the newjFicolcnfeSjFricolenfesjForo-AppijForentanijGabinijInterramnates.Sticcafani called 

 alio LirinateSjIlionenleSjLavinijjNorbanijNementani.PreneftinijV^hofe cittie was in times paft 

 named StephanuSjPrivernates^SetinijSignini^SuefTulanijTelinijTrebutini furnamed Balinienr 

 feSjTrebanijTufculani. Veruianij Veliterni, Vlubrenfes, Vlvernates :and above alfo Rome her 

 feHe: the *other name wherof to utter, is counted in the fecret myfterics of ceremonies an impi- 



Q ous & unlawfull thing:which after that it was abolifliedjand fo faithfully obferved to right gc od 

 purpofe and for thefafetie rhz^oi^Valerms Soranifs blurted oiJtj&' foon after abid the fmart for it. 

 I thinke it not amifle nor impertinent^to infcrthere in this very placeman example of the aunci- 

 ent religion inftituted efpecially for this Silence;for the goddefle Angcrona^x^hok holida); is fo- 

 Icmnly kept with facrifices the 1 2 day before the Kalends of lanuaricjis reprefented by an image 

 having her mouth faft tyed and fealed up.This citie of Rome had 3 gates when Romulm left iE,or 

 rather foure(if we beleeve the moft men that write thereof.) The walls thereof^- when the two 

 Fc'fiajiam ^fEmpcrois and Cenfors both, to witj the father and TilU'S his fon/ooke the mcafure^ 

 which was in the yeere after the foundation of it 828, were in circuit ''^ 1 3 miles and almofta 

 quarter. It containeth within it, feven mountaines, and is divided in 14 reglonsjand 26^ crofie 



D ftreets or carrefoursjcalled Compita Larium. The meafureof the fame cquall fpace of ground, 

 running from the gilden pillar Milliarium,ere6led at the head or top of the Rom, Foram^co evc- 

 rie gatCjwhich are at this day 37 in number, fo yee reckon once the 1 2 gates alwayes open, and 

 over-pa(Ie7of the old, which are no more extant, maketh 30 miles 3 quarters and better by a 

 ftraight line: but if themeallire be takenfrom the fime Milliarium before- faid, through the 

 fuburbs to the utmoft ends of the houfes.and take withall the CaftraPr3i'tori3,and the pourprife: 

 of all the ftreets, it commeth to fomewhat above 7c miles : whereunto if a man put the heigth 

 of the houfen,hee may conceive verily by it, a worthy eftimate of the excelleecie thereof, and 

 confeffe that the ftatelinefte of no citie in the world, could be comparable unto it. Enclofed it is 

 and fenced on the Eaft fide, with thebankeor rampierof Tarqmnm iheProud^awonderKili 



E peece of worke as any other5and as excellent as the bcft : for he raifcd it full as high as the walles^ 

 in that fide where the advenue to it was moft open and plaine . In otherparrs, defended it was 

 and fortified with exceeding high walles, or elle fteepe and craggie hills, but only whereas there 

 arc buildings lye out abroad, and make as it were many petie cities. In that firft region of Itaiie 

 there were befides, firft for Latium thefe faire townes ofmarke, SatricHm,Pometia, Scaptia,Pi- 

 tiilum,Politorium, Tellene,Tifat3, Casmina, Ficana, CHiftumerium, Ameriola, Medullia, 

 Corniculum, Saturnia, where now Rome ftandeth , Antipolis, which now is laniculum, in one 

 part of Roir.e: Antemn^ejCamerium, Collatia? : i\miternum,Norbe, Sulmo : and with thefe, 

 the States that were wont to receive a dole of fleHiin mount Albane,to wit, Albenfes, Albania' 



^ Acfolani, Acienfes,Abolani, Bubetani,Bolani, CafuetanijCoriolani, Fidenates,Foretii,Hor- 



^ tenfes, Latinenfcs^Longulani, Manates,M3rales,Mutucumenfes, Munienfes, Numinienfes^ 

 • 011iculani,Oci:ulani,Pedani,Polluftini, Querquetulani, Sicani, Sifolenfes, Tolerienfes,Tu- 

 tienfes,Vimitellarij, Velienfes,Venetulani, Viceilenfes . Thus yee fee, how of the old Latium,- 

 there be 53 States periflied and cleanegone, without any token left behind. Moreover, in the 

 Campainecountrey, the towne Stabia: continued unco the time that Cn,?om^etm ^udL^Carho 



