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THE RUINS OF POESTUM
and thirty-fourth, the city of Pceftum fent fome cups of gold as a prtfent to the Republick, which
was then in great diftrefs, on account of the Punick war. The prefents, howeyer, were not
accepted, but fent back with thanks (V).
In the year 541, that is, four years after the battle of Cannae, when the Republick was fo and of money.
reduced, that they were obliged to have recourfe to the money raifed by the tax of the twentieth
part, which was laid up in the Treafury, and was only to be ufed in the laft neceffity. In this
difficulty they applied to all their colonies, which were thirty in number, for their affiftance.
Twelve of the colonies refufed; but the others afforded them fupplies both of men and money,
and received the publick thanks of the Senate and people. Their names are particularly
mentioned, with great honour, by Livy (/") .
The inhabitants of this city feem to have been much in favour with the Romans, for it is
mentioned, that fome young m^n, who had beaten their ambafladors, were given up to the
Pofidonians (^) .
During the goverhment of the Csefars, no mention is made of this city by any author of
credit.
In the pontificate of Leo the Fourteenth, or fooner, fome of theSaracens, having pafted from Apanyofthesa-
1 'Ol racens fix thcm-
Sicily into Calabria, and Lucania, fixed themfelves in many parts of thofe provinces, and feIvcsa
particularly at Acropolis, from whence they made excurfions, and infefted the neighbouring
countries.
In the vear 866, Docibilis, Duke of Gaeta, being continually harraffed by Pandenolfus, and ™the banks
J ° ' J ' of the Garigliano.
Lord of Capua, and finding himfelf unable to oppofe him, defired the affiftance of the Saracens
of Acropolis. Accordingly they embarked in great numbers at St. Anaftafia, near Fundi, and
encamped on the hüls of Formise {h), and from thence removed to the banks of the Garigliano (/),
where they remained for fifty years, and committed horrible devaftations (J).
The neighbourhood of thofe barbarians became at length fo intolerable, that Atenulfus, Count The Samens d«.
Ö ° feated.
of Capua, requefted Conftantine the Eighth, Emperor of the Eaft, to lend his affiftance to drive
(c) Legati a Psfto pateras aureas Romam attulerunt; iis, ficut
TSTeapolitanis, gratia afta, aurum non acceptum. Ibid. 1. 22. c. 36.
(f) Ne nunc quidem poft tot facula fileantur, fraudenturve laude
fja, Signini fuere & Nolani, & Norbani, Satriculanique & Brun-
dufini, & Fregellani & Lucerini & Venufini, & Adriani, & Firmani,
& Ariminenfes, & ab altero mari Pontiani & Pceftani & Coffani, &
mediteranei Beneventani, & Affernini, & Spoletani, & Placentini,
& Cremonenfes, Ibid. 1. 27. c. 10.
(g) Cum legatos Pofidoniatum ad fenatum miflbs quidam juvenes
pulfaffent, dediti funt Pofidoniatibus. (Some few manufcripts read
Apolloniatibus.) Epitome Liv. 15.
(&) Now Mola.
(z) The ancient Liris.
(/£) Mifit Acropolim, & Saracenos ibi degentes adfcifcens, prin:o
conduxit eos marino itinere ad locum Fundanum, ubi Sandta Anaftafia
vocatur, & inde per fluvium afcendentes ufque Fundis. Ibi, quafi
de vagina gladius, fcaphis egreffi, & cunöa in circuitu depopulantt?,
tandem Cajetara perveniunt & in Formianis collibus fua caftra com-
ponunt. Leo Oftiens. 1. i.e. 43.
Rurfus tarnen Saraceni in Gareliano ab eodem Docibile ad habi-
tandum direcT:i funt, ubi per quadraginta (quinquaginta) ferme annos
degentes, innumera circumquaque mala geflerunt, multumque Chrif-
ticolarum fanguinem effuderunt. Ibid, & Baronii Annal. An. 884.
them
and thirty-fourth, the city of Pceftum fent fome cups of gold as a prtfent to the Republick, which
was then in great diftrefs, on account of the Punick war. The prefents, howeyer, were not
accepted, but fent back with thanks (V).
In the year 541, that is, four years after the battle of Cannae, when the Republick was fo and of money.
reduced, that they were obliged to have recourfe to the money raifed by the tax of the twentieth
part, which was laid up in the Treafury, and was only to be ufed in the laft neceffity. In this
difficulty they applied to all their colonies, which were thirty in number, for their affiftance.
Twelve of the colonies refufed; but the others afforded them fupplies both of men and money,
and received the publick thanks of the Senate and people. Their names are particularly
mentioned, with great honour, by Livy (/") .
The inhabitants of this city feem to have been much in favour with the Romans, for it is
mentioned, that fome young m^n, who had beaten their ambafladors, were given up to the
Pofidonians (^) .
During the goverhment of the Csefars, no mention is made of this city by any author of
credit.
In the pontificate of Leo the Fourteenth, or fooner, fome of theSaracens, having pafted from Apanyofthesa-
1 'Ol racens fix thcm-
Sicily into Calabria, and Lucania, fixed themfelves in many parts of thofe provinces, and feIvcsa
particularly at Acropolis, from whence they made excurfions, and infefted the neighbouring
countries.
In the vear 866, Docibilis, Duke of Gaeta, being continually harraffed by Pandenolfus, and ™the banks
J ° ' J ' of the Garigliano.
Lord of Capua, and finding himfelf unable to oppofe him, defired the affiftance of the Saracens
of Acropolis. Accordingly they embarked in great numbers at St. Anaftafia, near Fundi, and
encamped on the hüls of Formise {h), and from thence removed to the banks of the Garigliano (/),
where they remained for fifty years, and committed horrible devaftations (J).
The neighbourhood of thofe barbarians became at length fo intolerable, that Atenulfus, Count The Samens d«.
Ö ° feated.
of Capua, requefted Conftantine the Eighth, Emperor of the Eaft, to lend his affiftance to drive
(c) Legati a Psfto pateras aureas Romam attulerunt; iis, ficut
TSTeapolitanis, gratia afta, aurum non acceptum. Ibid. 1. 22. c. 36.
(f) Ne nunc quidem poft tot facula fileantur, fraudenturve laude
fja, Signini fuere & Nolani, & Norbani, Satriculanique & Brun-
dufini, & Fregellani & Lucerini & Venufini, & Adriani, & Firmani,
& Ariminenfes, & ab altero mari Pontiani & Pceftani & Coffani, &
mediteranei Beneventani, & Affernini, & Spoletani, & Placentini,
& Cremonenfes, Ibid. 1. 27. c. 10.
(g) Cum legatos Pofidoniatum ad fenatum miflbs quidam juvenes
pulfaffent, dediti funt Pofidoniatibus. (Some few manufcripts read
Apolloniatibus.) Epitome Liv. 15.
(&) Now Mola.
(z) The ancient Liris.
(/£) Mifit Acropolim, & Saracenos ibi degentes adfcifcens, prin:o
conduxit eos marino itinere ad locum Fundanum, ubi Sandta Anaftafia
vocatur, & inde per fluvium afcendentes ufque Fundis. Ibi, quafi
de vagina gladius, fcaphis egreffi, & cunöa in circuitu depopulantt?,
tandem Cajetara perveniunt & in Formianis collibus fua caftra com-
ponunt. Leo Oftiens. 1. i.e. 43.
Rurfus tarnen Saraceni in Gareliano ab eodem Docibile ad habi-
tandum direcT:i funt, ubi per quadraginta (quinquaginta) ferme annos
degentes, innumera circumquaque mala geflerunt, multumque Chrif-
ticolarum fanguinem effuderunt. Ibid, & Baronii Annal. An. 884.
them