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THE THEATRE OF FERENTO—THE CENTRAL GATE.
CHAPTER XIII.
FERENTO.—FEBENTINUM.
Si te grata quies.....
Delectat; si te pulvis strepitusque rotarum,
Si laedit caupona ; Ferentinum ire jubebo.—Horat.
The neighbourhood of Viterbo is particularly rich in
antiquities. It was not usual with the Etruscans to build
on the summits of lofty mountains, or even on the higher
slopes—therefore no remains are found on the Cimi-
nian itself—but all along its base stood city after city,
now for the most part in utter desolation, yet whose
pristine magnificence can be traced in the sepulchres
around them. The vast plain, also, north of the Ciminian,
CHAPTER XIII.
FERENTO.—FEBENTINUM.
Si te grata quies.....
Delectat; si te pulvis strepitusque rotarum,
Si laedit caupona ; Ferentinum ire jubebo.—Horat.
The neighbourhood of Viterbo is particularly rich in
antiquities. It was not usual with the Etruscans to build
on the summits of lofty mountains, or even on the higher
slopes—therefore no remains are found on the Cimi-
nian itself—but all along its base stood city after city,
now for the most part in utter desolation, yet whose
pristine magnificence can be traced in the sepulchres
around them. The vast plain, also, north of the Ciminian,