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Chap. VIII: Etruria - the Cremera - Veii - Falerium - Mount Soracte - Fescennium - Mevania - Asisium - Lake of Trasimenus - Entrance into the Tuscan Territory - Coxtona - Ancient Etrurians - Arretium - Val d'Arno
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302 CLASSICAL TOUR Ch. VIII,
that beheld the victories and the fall of the gen er»
ous Fabii) and walking on while the horses were
changing, we ascended the hill, and took a last
view of Rome then glittering with the rays of the
sun, that played upon its palaces, towers and
domes, and displayed its whole extent in all its
magnificence.*
Quisque
Hmsit, et extrema? tunc forsitan Urbis amata?
Pleuus abit visa. ....
Luc. i. 500.
From Monte Rosi the country began to im->
prove, and appearances of cultivation increased
as we advanced. A few miles north-west of
Monte Rosi, on a hill, stands Sutri (Sutrium) an
ancient town and Roman colony.
At Civita Castellano, we had time to examine
the site and ancient walls which, though curious,
we had been obliged on our first visit to pass un-
noticed, on account of our late arrival and early
departure. This town is supposed by many to be
* This view of Rome at a very early hour is one of the
finest that can be taken, as it shows off to the best advantage
those long lines of buildings, and vast majestic masses, which
constitute one of the principal features of this Capital.
that beheld the victories and the fall of the gen er»
ous Fabii) and walking on while the horses were
changing, we ascended the hill, and took a last
view of Rome then glittering with the rays of the
sun, that played upon its palaces, towers and
domes, and displayed its whole extent in all its
magnificence.*
Quisque
Hmsit, et extrema? tunc forsitan Urbis amata?
Pleuus abit visa. ....
Luc. i. 500.
From Monte Rosi the country began to im->
prove, and appearances of cultivation increased
as we advanced. A few miles north-west of
Monte Rosi, on a hill, stands Sutri (Sutrium) an
ancient town and Roman colony.
At Civita Castellano, we had time to examine
the site and ancient walls which, though curious,
we had been obliged on our first visit to pass un-
noticed, on account of our late arrival and early
departure. This town is supposed by many to be
* This view of Rome at a very early hour is one of the
finest that can be taken, as it shows off to the best advantage
those long lines of buildings, and vast majestic masses, which
constitute one of the principal features of this Capital.