Volume 1
The geography of Strabo / Literally translated, with notes. The first six books by H. C .Hamilton, esq., the remainder by W. Falconer.
- Strabo
- Date:
- 1854-1857
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The geography of Strabo / Literally translated, with notes. The first six books by H. C .Hamilton, esq., the remainder by W. Falconer. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Campania, where it joins the Appian Way it is longer than those from Brentesium by about three or four days’ joume}'. 8. From Brentesium the sea is traversed by two passages to the opposite coast, one crossing to the Ceraunian- Moun- tains and the adjacent coasts of the Epirus and Greece, the other to Epidamnus,® which is the longer^ of the two, being 1800® stadia. Still tliis is habitually traversed, on account of the situation of the city [Epidamnus] being convenient for the nations of Illyria and Macedonia. As we coast along the shore of the Adriatic from Brentesium we come to the city Egnatia,® it is the general place to stop at for those tra- velling to Barium,'^ as well by land as by sea. The run is made when the wind blows from the south. The territory of the Peucetii extends as far as this along the coast, in the interior of the land it reaches as far as Sihdum.® It is through- out rugged and mountainous, and chiefly occupied by the Apennine mountains. It is thought to have been colonized by a party of Arcadians. The distance from Brentesium to Barium is about 700 stadia. [Tarentum] is about equally distant from both.® The Daunii inhabit the adjoining dis- trict, then the Apuli as far as the Phrentani. As the in- habitants of the district, except in ancient times, have never been particular in speaking of the Peucetii or Daunii precisely, and as the whole of this country is now^ called Apulia, the boundaries of these nations are necessarily but ill defined: wherefore we ourselves shall not be very exact in treating of them. ‘ At Capua, now S. Maria di Capua. “ Eustathius explains that those mountains were called Ceraunian from the frequent falling of thunderbolts upon them. Td Kepaei’ia optj, ovTb) KaXovfitva dia to aoxfovg tKti Tzi—ruv rfpaeroi'f. ’ Durazzo. * It seems as if some words had been skipped in this place, for we should expect to have the distance of the other passage to the Ceraunian Mountains, but Strabo no where mentions it. * M. Gosscllin seems to think we should here read SCK) and not 1800 stadia; but Kramer reckons it improbable. Groskurd concurs cssentiallj’ with the opinioti of M. Gosscllin, and translates it something as follows : “ foi- it is 1000, while the former is 800 stadia across.” “ Now Torre d’ .\gnazzo. ' Bari. Silvium was situated on the .\ppian Way. Holstenius and Pratilli agree in fixing its position at (Jaragnone. about 15 miles to the south-west of Venosa. llolsten. Adnot. p. 281. Pratilli, Via .\ppia, 1. iv. c. 7. ’ .\bout 310 stadia.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24872556_0001_0446.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
