ne.Towards the close of the fifth century b. c. the Samnites overranCampania, and it was to them that Pompeii owed the massive wallswhich are still in great part preserved, although in a.d. 79 theyhad long ceased to be maintained in a defensible condition, and hadactually been removed from the… … 26 INTRODUCTORY chap, i from the early Samnite period are easily recognized by the solidmasonry of their facades, built of Sarno limestone. They arenaturally few in number, and we are not to argue from this factthat the enceinte was at first but sparsely inhabited, nor that eachhouse stood in a…
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