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 by an army of Sardinians and Corſicans, headed by Hanno, a Carthaginian general. It appears however, that the Corſicans could not bear ſubjection with patience, for they were continually attempting to get free. Of this, we have an inſtance in the epitome of the twentieth book of Livy. We next find them engaged againſt M. Pinarius the praetor, who ſlew 2000 of them, obliged them to give hoſtages, and took them bound to pay a tribute of 100,000 lib. of wax, every year. Afterwards C. Cicereius the praetor, was obliged to give them battle, when 1700 of them were killed, and upwards of 1070 taken priſoners, and upon this occaſion, their annual tribute was increaſed to 200,000 lib. weight of wax. From theſe inſtances, we may ſee that Corſica was formerly much more populous than it is now, and that it hath been able to furniſh amazing quantities of honey. We are told by Pliny, that Papyrius Naſo firſt triumphed over the Corſicans, on the Alban mount.

It has already been ſaid, that the Romans founded two colonies in Corſica. The iſland was,