The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . or merited reputation, 6 Sallust. Bell. Cat. 24, 27, 30, 43. Appiati. Bell. Civ. II. 3. Cicero, pro Alurena, 24. 7 Plin. VII. 11. Pliny (III. 8) and Ptolemy (Geog. p. 72) mention Fcesulseamong the inland colonies of Inghirami, Guida di Fiesole, p. 24. 128 FIESOLE. [chap. xli. followed soon -after. Then after a brief interval another inde-fatigable labourer in this field was taken, Emil Braun, to whosememory I would pay a heartfelt tribute of respect; and again,most recently, in this summer of 1877, Ave have had to deplorethe loss of the Count Gi
The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . or merited reputation, 6 Sallust. Bell. Cat. 24, 27, 30, 43. Appiati. Bell. Civ. II. 3. Cicero, pro Alurena, 24. 7 Plin. VII. 11. Pliny (III. 8) and Ptolemy (Geog. p. 72) mention Fcesulseamong the inland colonies of Inghirami, Guida di Fiesole, p. 24. 128 FIESOLE. [chap. xli. followed soon -after. Then after a brief interval another inde-fatigable labourer in this field was taken, Emil Braun, to whosememory I would pay a heartfelt tribute of respect; and again,most recently, in this summer of 1877, Ave have had to deplorethe loss of the Count Giancarlo Conestabile, a most able discipleof Yermiglioli, who devoted his life and energies to the investiga-tion of the Etruscan language. The departed have found worthysuccessors—Brunn, Helbig, Klugmann, for Germairy; Gozzadini,Gamurrini, and Brizio, for Italy. The world, says the proverb, is like a pair of slippers—one man shuffles them off, anotherputs them on — II mondo h fatto a scarpette—Clii se lo cava, chi se lo KYLIX, WITH A FURY AND TWO SATYRS. CHAPTER XLII. SIENA.—SENA. Noi ci traemo ala citta di Siena La quale e posta in parte forte e sana ;De ligiadria e bei costumi plena, Di vaghe donne, e huomini cortesi,E 1 aer dolce, lucida, e serena. Faccio degli Uberti. Siena can urge no pretensions to be considered an Etruscancity, that are founded either on historical records, or on extantremains. By ancient writers she is spoken of only as a Roman(•olony, and as there is no mention of her before the time ofCsesar, and as she is styled Sena Julia by the Theodosian Table,the probability is that a colony was first established here by JuliusCaesar, or by the second Nor is there a trace ofEtruscan antiquity visible on the site, though there are a fewshapeless caves in the cliffs around. Siena, therefore, would not have been mentioned amongEtruscan sites, but that it is situated in a district which, atvarious periods, has yielded treasures of th
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