Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... Sicily . It must be especially remembered that the ancient boundary of Italy on the north was not the Alps , but the Apennines ; therefore , the flat country on the north , extend- ing between the Alps and the Apennines as far down as ...
... Sicily . It must be especially remembered that the ancient boundary of Italy on the north was not the Alps , but the Apennines ; therefore , the flat country on the north , extend- ing between the Alps and the Apennines as far down as ...
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... Sicily . But those settled in Sicily , Magna Graecia , and Cam- pania came into contact with the Greeks at a time when they were unable to resist so superior a civilization , and were consequently , as in Sicily , completely Hellenized ...
... Sicily . But those settled in Sicily , Magna Graecia , and Cam- pania came into contact with the Greeks at a time when they were unable to resist so superior a civilization , and were consequently , as in Sicily , completely Hellenized ...
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... Sicily , and that of Ionian gulf , applied by early Greeks to the Adriatic , prove that seafarers from Ionia first dis- covered the southern and eastern coasts of Italy . Kyme ( Cumae ) , the oldest Greek settlement in Italy , was ...
... Sicily , and that of Ionian gulf , applied by early Greeks to the Adriatic , prove that seafarers from Ionia first dis- covered the southern and eastern coasts of Italy . Kyme ( Cumae ) , the oldest Greek settlement in Italy , was ...
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... Sicilian colonies ; but in Italy it possessed only Tarentum and Heraclea . As to the period at which these several settlements took place , we rely on the fact that , while in Homer's time Sicily and Italy were practically unknown , in ...
... Sicilian colonies ; but in Italy it possessed only Tarentum and Heraclea . As to the period at which these several settlements took place , we rely on the fact that , while in Homer's time Sicily and Italy were practically unknown , in ...
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... Sicily , they ruled the Etruscar and Adriatic seas . Although Massilia retained her independence , the seaports of Campania and of the Volscian land , and the island of Corsica , were in their hands . The possession of Latium , which ...
... Sicily , they ruled the Etruscar and Adriatic seas . Although Massilia retained her independence , the seaports of Campania and of the Volscian land , and the island of Corsica , were in their hands . The possession of Latium , which ...
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