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Ariminum, like Ravenna, is an ancient colony of the Ombri.
but both of them have received also Roman colonies. An-
minum has a port and a river note of the same name as itself.
From Placentia to Ariminum there are 1300 stadia. About
36 miles above Placentia, towards the boundaries of the kingdom of Cottius, is the city of Ticinum, note by which flows a river note
bearing the same name, which falls into the Po, while a little
out of the route are Clastidium, note Derthon, note and Aquae-Statiellae. note But the direct route as far as Ocelum, note along the Po
and the Doria Riparia, note is full of precipices, intersected by numerous other rivers, one of which is the Durance, note and is about
160 miles long. Here commence the Alpine mountains and Keltica. note Near to the mountains above Luna is the city of Lucca.
Some [of the people of this part of Italy] dwell in villages,
nevertheless it is well populated, and furnishes the greater
part of the military force, and of equites, of whom the senate
is partly composed. Derthon is a considerable city, situated
about half way on the road from Genoa to Placentia, which
are distant 400 stadia from each other. Aquae-Statiellae is
on the same route. That from Placentia to Ariminum we
have already described, but the sail to Ravenna down the Po
requires two days and nights. A note great part of Cispadana
likewise was covered by marshes, through which Hannibal
passed with difficulty on his march into Tyrrhenia. note But
Scaurus drained the plains by navigable canals from the Po note to the country of the Parmesans. For the Trebia meeting
the Po near Placentia, and having previously received many
other rivers, is over-swollen near this place. I allude to the
Scaurus note who also made the Aemilian road through Pisa
and Luna as far as Sabbatorum, and thence through Derthon. There is another Aemilian road, which continues the
Flaminian. For Marcus Lepidus and Caius Flaminius being
colleagues in the consulship, and having vanquished the
Ligurians, the one made the Via Flaminia from Rome across
