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418 AREZZO. [chap. lv.
It is not for me to set forth the modern glories of Arezzo
—her Cathedral with its choice monuments of sculpture
and painting—the quaint-fashioned church of La Pieve—
the localities immortalised by Boccaccio—the delightful
promenade on the ramparts—the produce of her vineyards,
renowned in ancient times,3 and sung at the present day,
as the juice which
Vermigliuzzo,
Brillantuzzo,
Fa superbo 1' Aretino.
But I may assure the traveller that nowhere on his jour-
neyings in Etruria will he find better accommodation than
at La Posta or Le Armi d' Inghilterra, at Arezzo.4
This large and lively city is the representative of the
ancient Arretium or Aretium,5 a venerable city of Etruria,
and one of the Twelve of the Confederation. Of its origin
we have no record.6 The earliest notice of it is, that with
Clusium, Volaterrse, Rusellse, and Vetulonia, it engaged to
assist the Latins against Tarquinius Priscus.7 We nest
hear of it in the year 443 (b.c. 311) as refraining from
joining the rest of the Etruscan cities in their attack on
the town of Sutrium, then an ally of Rome ;8 yet it must
have been drawn into the war, for in the following year, it
is said, jointly with Perusia and Cortona, all three among
Cilnio Msecenati Arretino, Concives give Arretium. Cluver. II. p. 571.
tanto nomine decorati, P. C. Prid. Idus 6 Cluver considered it to have been
Mai 1819, l. n. s. c." prior to the Trojan War, and to have
3 Arretium had three sorts of grapes been founded either by the Umhri or
—" talpana, et etesiaca, et conseminia " Pelasgi. But there is no statement to
—whose peculiarities are set forth by that effect in ancient writers.
Pliny, XIV. 4, 7. 1 Dion. Hal. III. p. 189. This, as
* Arrezzo is 18 miles from Cortona, already stated with reference to the
31 from Montepulciano, more than 40 other four cities, is a proof of the rank
from Chiusi, nearly as many from Siena, Arretium took as one of the Twelve ;
and 51 from Florence. which is fully confirmed by Livy.
5 It is spelt both ways by classic * Liv. IX. 32.
writers ; but ancient inscriptions always
It is not for me to set forth the modern glories of Arezzo
—her Cathedral with its choice monuments of sculpture
and painting—the quaint-fashioned church of La Pieve—
the localities immortalised by Boccaccio—the delightful
promenade on the ramparts—the produce of her vineyards,
renowned in ancient times,3 and sung at the present day,
as the juice which
Vermigliuzzo,
Brillantuzzo,
Fa superbo 1' Aretino.
But I may assure the traveller that nowhere on his jour-
neyings in Etruria will he find better accommodation than
at La Posta or Le Armi d' Inghilterra, at Arezzo.4
This large and lively city is the representative of the
ancient Arretium or Aretium,5 a venerable city of Etruria,
and one of the Twelve of the Confederation. Of its origin
we have no record.6 The earliest notice of it is, that with
Clusium, Volaterrse, Rusellse, and Vetulonia, it engaged to
assist the Latins against Tarquinius Priscus.7 We nest
hear of it in the year 443 (b.c. 311) as refraining from
joining the rest of the Etruscan cities in their attack on
the town of Sutrium, then an ally of Rome ;8 yet it must
have been drawn into the war, for in the following year, it
is said, jointly with Perusia and Cortona, all three among
Cilnio Msecenati Arretino, Concives give Arretium. Cluver. II. p. 571.
tanto nomine decorati, P. C. Prid. Idus 6 Cluver considered it to have been
Mai 1819, l. n. s. c." prior to the Trojan War, and to have
3 Arretium had three sorts of grapes been founded either by the Umhri or
—" talpana, et etesiaca, et conseminia " Pelasgi. But there is no statement to
—whose peculiarities are set forth by that effect in ancient writers.
Pliny, XIV. 4, 7. 1 Dion. Hal. III. p. 189. This, as
* Arrezzo is 18 miles from Cortona, already stated with reference to the
31 from Montepulciano, more than 40 other four cities, is a proof of the rank
from Chiusi, nearly as many from Siena, Arretium took as one of the Twelve ;
and 51 from Florence. which is fully confirmed by Livy.
5 It is spelt both ways by classic * Liv. IX. 32.
writers ; but ancient inscriptions always