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 Cliap. 25.] ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, ETC. 257 THE MeDULLI, the UcENI THE CaTURIGES, THE BeI- GTANI, THE SOGIONTII, THE BrODIONTII, THE NeMALONI, THE EdENATES^, the EsUBIANI, THE YeAMINI, THE GaL- LIT^, THE TrIULATTI, THE EcHINI, THE YeRGUNXI, THE Eguituri^, the Nementuri, the Oeatelli, the Nerusi, THE A'eLAUNI, and THE SUETRI." The t^Yelve states of the Cottiani^ were not included in the list, as they had shown no hostility, nor yet those whic-h had been placed by the Pompeian law under the jurisdiction of the miuiicipal towns. Such then is Italy, sacred to the gods, such are the na- tions, such the cities of her peoples ; to which we may add, that this is that same Italy, which, when L. ^milius Paulus^ and C. Attilius Hegulus were Consuls, on hearing of the rising in Gaul, unaided, and without any foreign assistance whatever, without the help even of that portion which lies beyond the Padus, armed 80,000 horse and 700,000 foot. In abun- dance of metals of every kind, Italy yields to no land whatever; but all search for them has been prohibited by an ancient decree of the Senate, who gave orders thereby that Italy shall be exempted® from such treatment. CHAP. 25. (21.) — LIBURNIA AND ILLTRICUM. The nation of the Liburni adjoins the river Arsia'', and ^ The TJceni, according to Hardoiiin, occupied Le Bourg d'Oysans in the modern Gx'aisivaudan ; the Caturiges, the modem Chorgcs according to Ansart ; the Brigiani, probably Brian^on, and the Kemaloni, as Har- doiiin thinks, the place called Miolans. 2 They probably dwelt in the Ville de Seyne, in Embrun ; the Esubiimi near the river Hubaye, inthe Yallee de Barcelone in Savoy ; the Veamini in Senez, the Triulatti at the village of Alloz, the Ecchni near the river Tinea, and the Vcrgunni in the vicinity of the district of Yergons. 2 TheEguituri probably dwelt near the modera town of Guillaumes, the Oratelli at the place now callc^d Le Puget de Theniers, and the Yelauni near the modem BueU. ■* Or subjects of Cottius, previously mentioned. ^ A mistake for L. ^mihus Papus. He and C. Regulus were Consuls in B.C. 225. They successfully ojiposed the Cisalpine Grauls, who invaded Italy ; but Regulus was slain in the engagement. ^ It is difTicult to say what is the exact force of " parci" here ; whether in fact it means that Italy shall be wholly exempted from such treatment, as an indignity offered to her sod, or whether her niineials were to be strictly kept in reserve as a last resource. Ajabson, in his Translation^ seems to take the former view, Littre the latter. 7 From the river now called the Arsa to that called the Kerka. VOL. I. S