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there are the towns of Gravisci, ^note Pyrgi, ^note Alsium, ^note and Fregena. ^note [From Cossae] to Gravisci is a distance of 300 stadia, and between them is the place named Regis-Villa. This is said to have been the royal residence of Maleos the Pelasgian; they report that after he had reigned here for some time, he departed with his Pelasgians to Athens. These were of the same tribe as those who occupied Agylla. From Gravisci to Pyrgi is a little less than 180 stadia, and the sea-port town of the Caeretani is 30 stadia farther. [Pyrgi] contains a temple of Ilethyia ^note founded by the Pelasgi, and which was formerly rich, but it was plundered by Dionysius the tyrant of the Sicilians, at the time ^note of his voyage to Cyrnus. ^note From Pyrgi to Ostia is 260 stadia; between the two are Alsium and Fregena. Such is our account of the coast of Tyrrhenia. 9

In the interior of the country, besides the cities already mentioned, there are Arretium, ^note Perusia, ^note Volsinii, ^note Sutrium; ^note and in addition to these are numerous small cities, as Blera, ^note Ferentinum, ^note Falerium, ^note Faliscum, ^note Nepita, ^note Statonia, ^note and many others; some of which exist in their original state, others have been colonized by the Romans, or partially ruined by them in their wars, viz. those they frequently waged against the Veii ^note and the Fidenae. ^note Some say that the inhabitants of Falerium are not Tyrrhenians, but Falisci, a distinct nation; others state further, that the Falisci speak a language peculiar to themselves; some again would make it Aequum-Faliscum on