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 238 PLIIfT's I^^ATUEAL HISTOET. [Book III. the earth. We read that 300 of their towns were conquered by the Tusci ; at the present day we find on their coast the river ^sis Senogallia^, the river Metaurus, the colonies of ranmn Fortunse^ and Pisaurum'*, with a river of the same name ; and, in the interior, those of Hispellum^ and Tuder. Besides the above, there are the Amerini^, the Attidiates", the Asisinates®, the Arnates^, the -<Esinates^^, the Camertes^^ the ' Casuentillani, the Carsulani^^, the Dolates surnamed ^ Now the Esino. 2 So called from tlie G-alli Senones. The modern city of Skiigaglia occupies its site. The river Metaurus is still called the Metauro. 3 " The Temple of Fortune." At this spot the Flaminian Way joined the road from Ancona and Picenum to Ariminum. The modern city of Fano occupies the site, but there are few remains of antiquity. ^ The modern Pesaro occupies the site of the town ; the river is called the Foglia. cial favour and bestowed on it the Grrove and Temple of Chtumnus, though at twelve miles' distance from the town. The modem town of SpeUo occupies its site, and very extensive remains of antiquity are still to be seen. It probably received two Roman colonies, as inscriptions mention the "Colonia Juha HispeUi" and the "Colonia Urbana Flavia." It is considered probable that Hispellum, rather than Mevania, was the birth-place of the poet Propertius. Tuder is svipposed to bave occupied the site of the modem Todi, on the Tiber. ^ The people of Ameria, an important and flourisliing city of Umbria. There are still remains of the ancient walls ; the modern town of Ameha occupies its site. 7 The site of Attidium is marted by the modern village of Attigio, two miles south of the city of Fabriano, to which the inhabitants of Atti- dium are supposed to have migrated in the middle ages. ^ The people of Asisium. The modern city of Assisi (the birth-place of St. Francis) occupies its site. There are considerable remains of the ancient town. 3 The people of Ama, the site of which is now occupied by the town of CiviteUa d'Arno, five miles east of Perugia. Some inscriptions and other objects of antiquity have been fotmd here. ^^ The people of ^sis, situate on the river of the same name. It is stiU called lesi. Pliny, in B. xi. c. 97, mentions it as famous for the excellence of its cheeses. " The people of Camerinum, a city of Umbria. The present Camerino occupies its site. Its people were among the most considerable of Um- bria. The site of the Casuentillani does not appear to be known. ^2 The people of Carsulee, an Umbrian town of some importance. Its ruins are still visible about half way between San Germino and Acqua Sparta, ten miles north of Narni. Holsten states that the site was Btill called Carsoli in his time, and thsre existed remains of an amphi-
 * This was a flourishing town of Umbria. Augustus showed it espe-