. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. ROME: ITS RISE AND FALL. o^o Part I.—Rome as a Kingdom. (753 ?-509 ) CHAPTER I. ITALY AND ITS EARLY INHABITANTS. I. Divisions of the Italian Peninsula. —Before Rome roseto greatness, the name Italia was limited to a small districtin the southwestern part of modern Italy. By the begin-ning of the Christian era, however, it had come to embracethe whole of the peninsula from the Alps to the Sicilianstraits. We shall, from the outset, use the name in itslatest and widest application. As a matter of convenience, the Italian
. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. ROME: ITS RISE AND FALL. o^o Part I.—Rome as a Kingdom. (753 ?-509 ) CHAPTER I. ITALY AND ITS EARLY INHABITANTS. I. Divisions of the Italian Peninsula. —Before Rome roseto greatness, the name Italia was limited to a small districtin the southwestern part of modern Italy. By the begin-ning of the Christian era, however, it had come to embracethe whole of the peninsula from the Alps to the Sicilianstraits. We shall, from the outset, use the name in itslatest and widest application. As a matter of convenience, the Italian peninsula isaerally conceived as consisting of three sections, —Northern, Central, and Southern Italy. The first com-prises the great basin of the river Po (Padus), lying betweenfhe Alps and the Apennines. In ancient times this partof Italy included three districts, namely, Liguria, GalliaCisalpina, and Venetia. Liguria embraced the southwest-ern and Venetia the northeastern part of Northern Cisalpina lay between these two districts, occupying 2 R
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