A history of the ancient world, for high schools and academies . ss the sea had settled the name of the lapygians in the districts of Apu-lia and Calabria. To them were closely allied the Ven-eti in the far northeast, the latest comers. The rest ofthe peninsula was the home of the Italian stock, of which Italians,there were several branches. Of that in the southwest themost famous was the Latin people in the plain south ofthe Tiber; the inhabitants of Sicily belonged to the samebranch. The mountaineers formed another vigorousbranch, called, from their chief peoples, the Umbro-Sa
A history of the ancient world, for high schools and academies . ss the sea had settled the name of the lapygians in the districts of Apu-lia and Calabria. To them were closely allied the Ven-eti in the far northeast, the latest comers. The rest ofthe peninsula was the home of the Italian stock, of which Italians,there were several branches. Of that in the southwest themost famous was the Latin people in the plain south ofthe Tiber; the inhabitants of Sicily belonged to the samebranch. The mountaineers formed another vigorousbranch, called, from their chief peoples, the Umbro-Sabellians. The Umbrians Hved in the northern Apennines overlooking Etruria; the Sabellians were split intoseveral tribes occupying the mountain-valleys of the centreand south. The most vigorous and numerous stock amongthem was the Samnites. The northern plain of the Powas the seat of mixed populations, a kind of vestibule for 244 The Empire of Rome Kelts. peoples to enter and mingle before pushing on southwardto permanent homes. Already the Kelts from the north. were the predominating element among them—a branchof the Indo-European family. Geography and History in Italy 245 299. Italy, thrust like a limb from the trunk of Europe influencedown into the Mediterranean, was given by its position Geo^ra^phyan important part to play in the Mediterranean world. onUsHis-Like Greece, it was in the pathway of history advancingwestward. Yet, unHke Greece (§ 93), it did not invite and embrace its opportunity, but rather repelled it. Itseastern coast is inhospitable with forbidding mountainsand an absence of harbors. To get at Italy you must reachits western coasts; it faces the setting sun. On that side XheWest-are the broad plains and the harbors. Hence, westward-moving civilization was slow in getting round the barrier;it lingered long on the southeastern shores and in Sicilybefore moving up to the heart of the peninsula. Yet it isevident that the power which was to move Italy must bes
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