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Nesethus^ and tlie town of Thurii^, situate between the two 
rivers Crathis and Sybaris, upon the latter of which there was 
once a city^ of the same name. In a similar manner Hera- 
clia"^, sometimes called Siris, lies between the river of that 
name and the Aciris. We next come to the rivers Aca- 
landrus and Casuentum^, and the town of Metapontum^, 
with which the third region of Italy terminates. In the 
interior of Bruttium, the Aprustani'' are the only people ; 
but in Lucania we find the Atinates, the Bantini, the Ebu- 
rini^, the Grrumentini, the Potentini, the Sontini^, the Sirini, 
the Tergilani, the Ursentini, and the Yolcentani^^, whom 
the Numestrani join. Besides these, we learn from Cato^^ 
that Thebes in Lucania has disappeared, and Theopompus 
informs us that there was formerly a city of the Lucani called 
Pandosia^^, at which Alexander, the king of Epirus, died. 
^ The modem Neto. 
^ Now called Turi, between the rivers Crati and Sibari or Roscile. 
3 A Grreek town, famous for the inordmate love of luxury displayed by 
its inhabitants, whence a voluptuary obtained the name of a " Sybarite." 
It was destroyed by the people of Crotona, who turned the waters of the 
Crathis upon the town. Its site is now occupied by a pestilential swamp. 
^ A famous Grreek city founded on the territory of the former Ionian 
colony of Siris. The foundations of it may still be seen, it is supposed, 
near a spot called Policoro, three miles from the sea. The rivers are 
now called the Sinno and the Agri. 
* The modern Salandra or Salandrella, and the Basiento. 
^ So called from its lying between the two seas. It was once a cele- 
brated Greek city, but was in ruins in the time of Pausanias. The 
place called Torre di Mare now occupies its site. 
7 The site of Aprustum is supposed to be marked by the village of 
Argusto, near Chiaravalle, about five miles from the Grulf of Squillace. 
Atina was situate in the valley of the Tanager, now the Valle diDiano. The 
ruins of Atina, wliich are very extensive, are to be seen near the village 
of Atena. Livy and Acron speak of Bantia as in Apuha, and not in Lu- 
cania. An ancient abbey, Santa Maria di Vanze, still marks its site. 
^ The ruins of Ebiu-i are supposed to be those between the modern 
Eboh and the right bank of the SHarus. The remains of Grrumentum, 
a place of some importance, are still to be seen on the river Agri, half a 
mile from the modern Saponara. Potenza occupies the site of ancient 
Potentia. 
^ The Sontini were probably situate on the river Sontia, now the Sanza, 
near Policastro. The Sirini probably had their name from the river Siris. 
Volcentum was situate near the Silarus, probably on the spot now 
called Bulcino or Bucino. The site of Numistro appears to be unknown. 
1^ In his work " De Originibus." 
Livy, B. viii., and Justin mention how that Alexander I. (in the 
