Strabo, Geography, Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator), 2.5.29

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[29] The first parts of Italy are the plains situated under the Alps, as far as the recess of the Adriatic and the neighbouring places.¹ The parts beyond form a narrow and long slip, resembling a peninsula, traversed, as I have said, throughout its length by the Apennines; its length is 7000 stadia, but its breadth is very unequal. The seas which form the peninsula of Italy are, the Tyrrhenian, which commences from the Ligurian, the Ausonian, and the Adriatic.²

Geography. Strabo. Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator). London. 1854-1857.

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Geography (English) (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 1-3. Hamilton, Hans Claude, translator; Falconer, William, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854-1857.)

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Γεωγραφικά Perseus (Strabo. Strabonis Geographica, Vols. 1-3. Meineke, August, editor. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.) — 2.5.29 focus

[29] τῆς δʼ Ἰταλίας ἐστὶ τὰ μὲν πρῶτα μέρη τὰ ὑποπίπτοντα ταῖς Ἄλπεσι πεδία μέχρι τοῦ μυχοῦ τοῦ Ἀδρίου καὶ τῶν πλησίον τόπων, τὰ δʼ ἑξῆς ἄκρα στενὴ καὶ μακρὰ χερρονησιάζουσα, διʼ ἧς, ὡς εἶπον, ἐπὶ μῆκος τέταται τὸ Ἀπέννινον ὄρος ὅσον ἑπτακισχιλίων, πλάτος δʼ ἀνώμαλον. ποιεῖ δὲ τὴν Ἰταλίαν χερρόνησον τό τε Τυρρηνικὸν πέλαγος ἀρξάμενον ἀπὸ τοῦ Λιγυστικοῦ καὶ τὸ Αὐσόνιον καὶ ὁ Ἀδρίας.

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Geography

1. The Romans gave to the whole of this country, which was peopled by a race of Keltic extraction, the name of Cisalpine Gaul, because situated on this side the Alps, with respect to them. France was designated Transalpine Gaul.

2. The Tyrrhenian or Tuscan Sea commenced about the mouth of the Arno, and extended as far as Naples. The Ligurian Sea is the Gulf of Genoa. The Ausonian Sea, afterwards called the Sea of Sicily, washes the southern parts of Italy. The Adriatic Gulf, is the Gulf of Venice.

Strabo Geography 2.5.29

Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator)

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