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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![wa.s infested by their piracies, and compelled tliem to cultivate the ground ; but as the country was rugged and barren, and not adapted to husbandry, the nation was entirely ruined and nearly extinguished. The same happened to other neighbouring nations. People formerly very powerful are extinct, or were reduced to the lowest condition, as tlie Boii and Scordisci among the Galata3the Autariatm, Ardiaji, and Dardanii, among the Illyrians; and the Triballi among the Thracians. Tliey first declined in consequence of disputes amongst themselves, but were finally prostrated by wars with the Macedonians and Romans. 7. After the termination of the coast of the Ardiiei and Plera3i is the bay of the Rhiziei, a city Rhizon,' other small towns, and the river Drilon,'^ wliich may be navigated up its stream towards the east as far as Dardanica. This country is situated close to the Macedonian and Pmonian nations, to- wards the soutli, as also the Autariatie and the Dasaretii are in parts contiguous to one another [and to the. Autariatm].^ To the Dardaniatm belong the Galabrii,* in whose territory is an ancient city; and the Tliunatm, who approach on the east close to the Mmdi,'^ a Thracian tribe. The Dardanii are entirely a savage people, so much so that they dig caves beneath dungheaps, in which they dwell; yet they are fond of music, and are much occupied in playing upon pipes and on stringed instruments. They inhabit the inland parts of the country, and we shall mention them again in another place. 8. After the bay of Rhizon® is Lissus,'^ a city, Acrolissus,® and Epidamnus, the present Dyrrhachium,^ founded by Cor- cyraeans, and bearing the name of the peninsula on wliich it * Kisano in the Gulf of Cataro. ^ The river Drin. * Kramer suggests the omission of these words, wliieh render the pas- sage obscure. ^ Galabrii. The name of tliis people is unknown. Probably it should be changed to Taulantii, an Illyrian tribe, or con.sidered as a second name of the Taulantii, or that of a tribe belonging to them. The name Gala- brus, or Galaurus, king of the Taulantii, has come down to us, which gives some probability to the second conjecture. C. * The .Maedi occupied the mountains which separate Macedonia from Thrace, between the river Strymon and Mount Rhodope. G. ‘ The Gulf of Cataro. ’ Alesso. * A fortified rock near. “ Durazzo.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24872556_0001_0499.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
