. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. ent a distinct people, as also were the in-habitants of Ancona, who were Syracusan Greeks. The towns ofPicenum were numerous, and many of them of considerable size, btttthey did not attain to any historical celebrity. AVith the exception ofAncona, which alone possessed a good port, the most important citieswere situated inland on hills of considerable elevation, and were thusso many natural fortresses. Asculum ranked as the capital. Weshall describe these towns in order from X. to S., commencin
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. ent a distinct people, as also were the in-habitants of Ancona, who were Syracusan Greeks. The towns ofPicenum were numerous, and many of them of considerable size, btttthey did not attain to any historical celebrity. AVith the exception ofAncona, which alone possessed a good port, the most important citieswere situated inland on hills of considerable elevation, and were thusso many natural fortresses. Asculum ranked as the capital. Weshall describe these towns in order from X. to S., commencing withthose on the sea-coast. Ancona, or Ancon, Aiicona, was so named from its being on an*^elbow ayKwu ^ or bend of the coast between two promontories, apeculiarity of position which fui^nished the town with a de-\ice for its coins. It wasfounded by some dissatisfiedSyracusans in 392; and itbecame, under the Romans, oneof the most important seaporttowns on the AcUdatic, and thechief entrepot for the tradewith Illyria. Trajan constructedan excellent harbour there, bythe formation of a mole,.
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