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cause that nation commenced the insurrection, and particularly on account of Pompaedius. ^note These nations live generally in villages, nevertheless they are possessed of certain cities, some of which are at some little distance from the sea, as Corfinium, Sulmo, ^note Maruvium, ^note and Teatea ^note the metropolis of the Marrucini. Others are on the coast, as Aternum ^note on the Picentine boundary, so named from the river [Aternus], which separates the Vestini from the Marrucini. This river flows from the territory of Amiternum and through the Vestini, leaving on its right the Marrucini, who lie above the Peligni, [at the place where the river] is crossed by a bridge. The city, which bears the same name, (viz. Aternum,) belongs to the Vestini, but its port is used in common both by the Peligni and the Marrucini. The bridge I have mentioned is about 24 stadia from Corfinium. After Aternum is Orton, ^note a naval arsenal of the Frentani, and Buca, ^note which belongs to the same people, and is conterminous with the Apulian Teanum. ^note † Ortonium ^note is situated in the territory of the Frentani. It is rocky, and inhabited by banditti, who construct their dwellings of the wrecks of ships, and lead other-