History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . COIN 1 MVN. ITALIC. IVLIA AVGVSTA. Livia seated, holding a sceptre and some headsof corn. Bronze. (See other coins of Italica, Vol. II. p. 215, and Vol. III. p. 83.)- MVN. CAL. II VTR. Augustus bareheaded. CO HOA U O o ?4 «« H oo &ow E>Of -4 THE PROVINCES. 133 Illyricum.— The mountainous countries which extend from theAlps to the Danube were divided into five provinces, — Rhaetia asfar as the Inn; Noricum as far as the Kahlenberg (Cetius vions)1;Pannonia as far as the Save ;
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . COIN 1 MVN. ITALIC. IVLIA AVGVSTA. Livia seated, holding a sceptre and some headsof corn. Bronze. (See other coins of Italica, Vol. II. p. 215, and Vol. III. p. 83.)- MVN. CAL. II VTR. Augustus bareheaded. CO HOA U O o ?4 «« H oo &ow E>Of -4 THE PROVINCES. 133 Illyricum.— The mountainous countries which extend from theAlps to the Danube were divided into five provinces, — Rhaetia asfar as the Inn; Noricum as far as the Kahlenberg (Cetius vions)1;Pannonia as far as the Save ; Illyria and Dalmatia from the Arsiato the Lissus; Moesia from the Drina to the Black Sea. Wehave chosen to leave to this vast region the general name ofIllyricum, which Appian gives it; for the nature of the soil, thecharacter and civilization of the inhabitants, offer, in spite of nu-merous differences, general features of resemblance. While Romanlife was richly and fruitfully developed in the group of westernprovinces, on this slope of the Alps and the Haeinus, descending tothe Danube, towards Germanic and Slavic barbarism, manners werestill coarse and violent. There were few cities, colonies, or muni-cipia; but, on the contrary, camps, fortresses, and, among theindigenous tribes, the daily use of a
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