. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. borders ofLucania; the second or in-cluded peninsula by the approach of the Scyllacian and Hipponiangulfs, more to the S. The general configuration of the countrythus resembles a boot, of which the heel is formed by the Lacinianpromontory, and the toe by Leucopetra. It is traversed throughits whole length by the Apennines, which in the IST. district ap-proach very close to the Tyrrhenian Sea, leaving room on the E,for the extensive outlying mass now named Sila; the range sinks atthe point where
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. borders ofLucania; the second or in-cluded peninsula by the approach of the Scyllacian and Hipponiangulfs, more to the S. The general configuration of the countrythus resembles a boot, of which the heel is formed by the Lacinianpromontory, and the toe by Leucopetra. It is traversed throughits whole length by the Apennines, which in the IST. district ap-proach very close to the Tyrrhenian Sea, leaving room on the E,for the extensive outlying mass now named Sila; the range sinks atthe point where the Hipponian and Scyllacian bays apj^roach, andrises again more to the S. in the rugged masses anciently namedSila,^ and now Aspromonte. These mountains have been alwayscovered with dense forests, which supplied the Romans with timber ^ The name Bruttium, given to the country by modern writers on ancientgeography, is not found in any classical author. ^ Ac velut ingenti Sila, summove TaburnoCum duo conversis inimica in proelia tauriFrontibus incurrunt, pavidi cessere magistri.—^n, xii. Coin of the Bruttii. Chap. XXVII. IXHABITAXTS — TOWXS. 585 and pitcli. Along the coasts tliere are alluvial plains of greatfertility but small in extent, skirting the bays. The rivers arenumerous, but unimportant: we may notice, on the E. coast, theCrathis, on the borders of Lucania; the Neaethus, Neto, the largestof them all, joining the sea about 10 miles N. of Crotona ; and, onthe W. coast, the Medina, Mesima. § 10. The province we are describing was originally occupied bythe CEnotrians, who were divided into two tribes named Chones andMorgetes. The Greeks subsequently became the virtual owners ofthe land, occupying the whole of the valuable sea-coast, and leavingthe interior to the CEnotrians. The period of their supremacy lastedfrom about 700 to 390, when the Lucanians overran the country,and established their dominion over the interior. These were sue-ceeded, in 356, by th
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