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 . wgiveris said to have flourished about 6(30 B. C. Ofthe general character of the Hellenic cities in!Magna Grtecia something has been alreadysaid in that part of the Eighth Book relatingto the Sicilian expedition of the Greeks; andnot a little remains to be
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 . wgiveris said to have flourished about 6(30 B. C. Ofthe general character of the Hellenic cities in!Magna Grtecia something has been alreadysaid in that part of the Eighth Book relatingto the Sicilian expedition of the Greeks; andnot a little remains to be presented the consideration of the geogra-phy of the Italian states, we come on the north-west of Lucania to the coast i)rovince of group of volcanic hills rising abruptly fromthe level country between Cuma3 and loftiest of these elevations is the ^lonaGaurus, whose slopes produced the finest winesin all Italy. On the other side of Naples isthe great isolated peak of \c<uvius, a truevolcano, which before A. I). 7li was rej)ortedl\y Strabo to be extinct for want of fuel,but after that date was never suspected ofhaving gone out. After its fertility and climate the next mostimportant advantage possessed by Campaniawas its sea coast. This is in many places in-dented in such a manner as to furnish a haven. Campania. It is bounded on the east by 8am-nium, on the north by Latium, and on thewest by the sea. The coast line is more brokenthan that of any other part of Italy. A largeportion of the district is that celebrated plainnoted anciently for its productiveness, and inmodern times for its malaria. It is the mostbeautiful and fertile province in all Italy. Theclimate is one of the mildest and most equablein the world. The landscapes were the delightof ancient travelers, who never wearied in theirpraises of the beauty on every hand. In twoplaces the uniformity of the plain, slopinggently from the Apennines to the sea, is brokenliv remarkable natural f
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