. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. lba itself being destroyed by Tullus Hostilius), andshortly after taking the supremacy of the Latin league, as appears fromthe treaty concluded with Carthage in 509. Upon the expulsion cfthe kings, however, the Latins regained their independence, and in 493they concluded a treaty with Rome, the object of which appears tohave been to counteract the growing power of the Volscians andJEquians. For the next 100 years little occurred to break this arrange-ment ; some small wars were then waged
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. lba itself being destroyed by Tullus Hostilius), andshortly after taking the supremacy of the Latin league, as appears fromthe treaty concluded with Carthage in 509. Upon the expulsion cfthe kings, however, the Latins regained their independence, and in 493they concluded a treaty with Rome, the object of which appears tohave been to counteract the growing power of the Volscians andJEquians. For the next 100 years little occurred to break this arrange-ment ; some small wars were then waged with the Pr^enestines andothers, which were but a prelude to the great struggle for independencein the war of 341-338, when the Latins combined with the Volscians,j3Equians, and Hernicans against Rome. The battles of Vesuvius,Pedum, and Astura, decided the struggle in favour of the latter Latins were subdued in 338, the Hernicans in 306, and the-^quians in 304. The period of the final subjection of the Volsciansis not so certainly fixed ; they were subjected, however, before 326. 2 B 3. Ruins of Capua. CHAPTEE XXYILITALY—continued, campania, apulia, calabria, lucania, THE BRUTTir. X. Cajipaxia. § 1. Boundaries and general description. § 2. Moun-tains and rivers. § 3. Inhabitants ; towns ; roads ; islands ; his-tory. XI. Apulia. § 4. Boundaries, mountains, and rivers. § ; towns ; roads ; history. XII. Calabria. § ; inhabitants ; towns; history. XIII. LrcAXiA. § , mountains, and rivers. § 8. Inhabitants; towns ;roads ; history. XIV. The Bruttii. § 9. Boundaries, mountains,and rivers. §10. Inhabitants; towns; history. X. Campania. § 1. Campania was bounded on the N. by Latium, on the E. bySamnium, on the S. by Lucania, from which it was separated by theriver Silams, and on the W. by the TyiThenian Sea. These limitsinclude the district of the Picentini in the S. The chief portion of Chap. XXVII. CAMPAXIA. 563 this provin
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