Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . of Latiumwas almost as genial as that of Camjiania, andthe fertility was such as to rival the best jwr-tions of the peninsula. Along the northernborder lay the valley of the Tiber, which,with the tributary Anio, drained the countryeastward to the highlands
Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . of Latiumwas almost as genial as that of Camjiania, andthe fertility was such as to rival the best jwr-tions of the peninsula. Along the northernborder lay the valley of the Tiber, which,with the tributary Anio, drained the countryeastward to the highlands of the ]Marsi. Southof the Tiber and next the coast lay the exten-sive plain occupied by the ancient inland, in the same region were theAlban Hills, .so noted in the early history ofRome. In the south of the province a chainof highlands extends from the valley of theLiris westward to the coast, thus cutting oflthe country of the Ausones from the rest ofLatium. On the eastern frontiers, the hill-country of this province was productive in theapple, the olive, and the vine; while the lowerplains yielded abundant crops of grain. Suchin brief is an outline of the geography and prod-ucts of that great peninsula whence sprang The Latin raee, tlie Alljan fathers .ind walls of ROME. —THE PEOPLE. Chaf-tkr LIII.—The !F the ethnic affinities ofthe Latin Race amie-thing has already been saidincidentally in the historyof the Persians and theGreeks. Like them, theRomans belonged to thegreat Aryan or Indo-European family of na-tions. The Greek and Latin languages, ifother evidence were wanting, prove conclu-sively the original tribal identity of the tworaces by which they were spoken. The insti-tutions of the two peoples also, springing nat-urally into existence under the necessity oftheir surroundings and the impulse of innatepreference, point with eciual certainty to theprimitive uuity of the Grtecoltalic race. Onevery side we are confronted with like indica-tions
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