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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt:...named from the earthen casks made in it. Ca'preae was the scene of the infamous debaucheries of Tibe'rius It is now a great resort for quails, and is called the bishopric of quails. Map No. 4.--What sea bounded Picenum on the east? What mountains on the west? What river formed its north boundary? Southern? Point out Ancona. Asculum Picenum. Hadria. Sulmo. Amiternum. Corfinium and the other towns. What districts lay west of Samnium? East? What river separated Samnium, in part, from Campania? Point out Samnis. Beneventum. Allifaj. Caudium. What sea bounded Cam pania on the west? What river separated it from Latium? From Lucania? What river, in part, from Samnium? What islands lay off the coast of Campania' Where is Mount Vesuvius? How high is it? Where is Mount Massicus? Where is Capua? Venafrum? Liternum? Baiae? Neapolis? Herculancum? Pompeii? Nola? Salemum? On what gulf are Neapolis, Herculaneum, and Pompeii? On what gulf is Salernum? LA'TIUM. 1. La'tium lay on the west side of Italy, between the rivers Tiber and Liris; in early times it was inhabited by the Lat'ins, Au'sones, Ru'tuli, Sa'bines, Vol'sci, and other petty tribes. The name was derived from Lati'nus, one of its first monarchs. It was the original country of the Romans, and contained the metropolis pf their empire; it varied in extent, at different times, but it probably never exceeded, in area, the State of Rhode Island. 2. The empire of Rome was the most potent that ever existed Is power was feared by all the surrounding nations, and the title long did these cities remain unknown? When were they discovered? What is the present state of Pompeii? 12. What is said of Nola? Of Salernum? The island of jEnaria? Capreae? Q. 1. What is said of Latium? The early inhabitants? The name? Of what people wa...