Inhabiting the country from sea to sea, they commanded the great Italian free ports on the western waters, the mouths of the Po and the Venice of that time on the eastern sea, and the land route which from ancient times led from Pisa on the
Sea to Spina on the
Adriatic, while in the south of Italy they commanded the rich plains of Capua and Nola.
Adriatic, while in the south of Italy they commanded the rich plains of Capua and Nola.
The history of Rome; tr. with the sanction of the ... v.1. Mommsen, Theodor, 1817-1903
