. lly subject to the Romans; and it wasnot till after many years and numerous revolts,that the inhabitants submitted to the Romandominion. It was after one of these revoltsthat so many Sardinians were thrown upon theslave market as to give rise to the proverb, Sardi venales, to indicate any cheap andworthless commodity (Aurel. Vict. Vir. III. 65).After 122 the island was governed by apropraetor, whose title in 27, when the provincewas given to the senate, became proconsul. 6 it was placed under an imperial procura-tor (Di
. lly subject to the Romans; and it wasnot till after many years and numerous revolts,that the inhabitants submitted to the Romandominion. It was after one of these revoltsthat so many Sardinians were thrown upon theslave market as to give rise to the proverb, Sardi venales, to indicate any cheap andworthless commodity (Aurel. Vict. Vir. III. 65).After 122 the island was governed by apropraetor, whose title in 27, when the provincewas given to the senate, became proconsul. 6 it was placed under an imperial procura-tor (Dio Cass. lxv. 28) : after Diocletian under apraeses. The inhabitants of the mountains inthe E. side of the island were never completelysubdued, and gave trouble to the Romans evenin the time of Tiberius. Sardinia continued tobelong to the Roman empire till the fifth cen-tury, when it was taken possession of by theVandals. Sardes or Sardis (plural) [at SetpSeis, , contracted SapSfj : 2ap5(0s, SapSiavSs,SapSL-rji/ds, Sardianus: Sart, Ru.], one of the. Nuraghe in Sardinia. still preserved in the modern town of Iliola, inthe middle of the W. coast. We also find inthe island Corsi, who had crossed over fromCorsica, and Balari, who, according to Pau-sanias, were descendants of Libyan mercenariesof the Carthaginians, who had settled in themountains. Probably it is to the Iberian in-habitants that the peculiar towers (calledNuraghe) are due. Greek writers evidently re-garded them as of great antiquity. ([Aristot.]de Mirab. 100 = p. 838; cf. Diod. iv. 30.) Theyare built of massive stones in the form of atruncated cone, and contain vaulted chamberswith a staircase in the thickness of the wall. Ata later time all these names became merged underthe general appellation of Sardi, although evenin the Roman period we still find mention ofseveral tribes in the island under distinct Sardi are described as a rude and savagepeople, addicted to thievery and lying.—Sar-dinia wa
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