Hutton, Edward, 1875- · London, J.M. Dent; New York, E.P. Dutton · leaf 22
for the most part of a vast plain divided from westto east by a great river, the Po, and everywhere it is wateredand nourished by its two hundred tributaries. 4 RAVENNA Shut off as it is on the south from Italy proper by theApennines, this plain is defended from Gaul and the Germanics,on the west… … The history of this vast country before the Roman Con-quest is, as is history everywhere in the West before thatevent, vague and obscure. But this at least may be said:it was first in the occupation of the Etruscans, who in timewere turned out, destroyed, or enslaved by the Gauls, thoseinvaders who…
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