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Campania, where it joins the Appian Way; note it is longer than
those from Brentesium by about three or four days' journey.
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From Brentesium the sea is traversed by two passages
to the opposite coast, one crossing to the Ceraunian note Mountains and the adjacent coasts of the Epirus and Greece, the
other to Epidamnus, note which is the longer note of the two, being
1800 note stadia. Still this is habitually traversed, on account
of the situation of the city [Epidamnus] being convenient
for the nations of Illyria and Macedonia. As we coast along
the shore of the Adriatic from Brentesium we come to the
city Egnatia, note it is the general place to stop at for those travelling to Barium, note as well by land as by sea. The run is
made when the wind blows from the south. The territory
of the Peucetii extends as far as this along the coast, in the
interior of the land it reaches as far as Silvium. note It is throughout rugged and mountainous, and chiefly occupied by the
Apennine mountains. It is thought to have been colonized
by a party of Arcadians. The distance from Brentesium to
Barium is about 700 stadia. [Tarentum] is about equally
distant from both. note The Daunii inhabit the adjoining district, then the Apuli as far as the Phrentani. As the inhabitants of the district, except in ancient times, have never
been particular in speaking of the Peucetii or Daunii precisely,
and as the whole of this country is now called Apulia, the
boundaries of these nations are necessarily but ill defined:
wherefore we ourselves shall not be very exact in treating of
them.
