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for the performance of certain religious solemnities. Its de- fection from the Romans was the cause of its ruin. ^note Both these, and also the cities lying on the Via Latina and beyond, situated in the territories of the Hernici, Aequi, and Volsci, were for the most part founded by the Romans. To the left of the Via Latina, the cities between it and the Via Valeria, are, Gabii, ^note standing in the Via Preenestina, it possesses a stone-quarry, in greater demand at Rome than any other, and is at an equal distance of about 100 stadia between Rome and Praeneste. ^note Then Praeneste, of which we shall have occasion presently to speak. Then, in the mountains above Praeneste, Capitulum, a small city of the Hernici, and Anagnia, ^note a considerable city; Cereate, ^note and Sora, by which the river Garigliano ^note flows as it passes on to Fregellae, and Minturnae. After these there are other places, and finally, Venafrum, ^note from whence comes the finest oil. This city is situated on a high hill by the foot of which flows the Volturno, ^note which passing by Casilinum, ^note discharges itself [into the sea] at a city ^note bearing the same name as itself. Aesernia ^note and Alliphae, ^note cities of the Samnites, the former was destroyed in the Marsian war, ^note the other still remains. 11

The Via Valeria, commencing from Tibura, ^note leads to the country of the Marsi, and to Corfinium, ^note the metropolis of the Peligni. Upon it are situated the Latin cities of Valeria, ^note Carseoli, ^note Alba, ^note and near to it the city of Cuculum. ^note Within sight of Rome are Tibura, Praeneste, and Tusculum. ^note At Tibura is a temple of Hercules, and a cataract formed by the fall of the Teverone ^note (which is here navigable,) from a great height into a deep and wooded ravine close to the city. From thence the river flows through a highly fertile plain along by