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town of Pyrse ; and we then come to the colony of Min- 
turnse^ which still exists, and is divided^ by the river Liris, 
also called the Glanis. The town of Sinuessa^ is the last in 
the portion which has been added to Latium ; it is said by 
some that it used to be called Sinope. 
At this spot begins that blessed country Campania'*, and 
in this vale first take their rise those hills clad with vines, the 
juice of whose grape is extolled by Tame all over the world ; 
the happy spot where, as the ancients used to say, father 
Liber and Ceres are ever striving for the mastery. Hence 
the fields of Setia^ and of Csecubum^ extend afar, and, next 
to them those of Ealernum^ and of Calinum^. As soon as we 
have passed these, the hills of Massica^, of Graurus^^, and of 
Surrentum rise to our view. Next, the level'plains of Labo- 
rium^^ are spread out far and wide, where every care is be- 
stowed on cultivating crops of spelt, from which the most de- 
licate fermenty is made. These shores are watered by warm 
springs Avhile the seas are distinguished beyond all others 
for the superlative excellence of their shell and other fish. 
Diise to have been built by Lamus, one of their kings. It is more pro- 
bable however that it was founded by the Laconians, from whom it may 
have received its name of Hormise (from the Glreek OjOjuos), as being a good 
roadstead for shipping. 
^ Its site is occupied by the present Trajetta. In its marshes, formed 
by the overflow of the Liris, Caius Marius was taken prisoner, concealed 
in the sedge. 
2 The town of Minturnse stood on both banks of the river. 
^ Its ruins are probably those to be seen in the vicinity of Rocca di 
Mondragone. It was a place of considerable commercial importance. 
On its site Livy says there formerly stood the Greek city of Sinope. 
" Fehx ilia Campania." ^ Now Sezza. 
^ A marshy district of Latium, extending about eight miles along the 
coast from Terracina to Speluncse, famous in the time of Horace for the 
first-rate quahties of its wmes. 
7 A district famous for its wines, extending from the Massican Hills 
to the north bank of the Yolturnus. 
s According to Hardouin, the town, of Calenum was on the site of the 
present Oalvi near Capua. 
^ Now called Monte Marsico, and as famous for its wine (called Mus- 
cateUa) as it was in the Koman times. 
JSFow Monte Barbaro. The wines of most of these places will be 
found fully described by Pliny in B. xiv. 
More fully mentioned, B. xviii. c. 29, where the 'ahcse' or fermenty 
made from the spelt grown here is again referred to. 
12 Qf ;Bai£ej Puteolij and ^tabise, for instance. 
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