Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-08-19

ncse. Aquitaiaa. !.yoazese. BcI-ir. an
: ,Ie'aianic and mGny other iascrio
niyisions. The principal cities wc,r
Narse:iies, Narbonne, MINES, LYONS
: toulouse, Antur, Bordeaux. Rei,ns
trefes. Elayence, Cologne. &c. CID
bon rec!Sons 1909. The natives wer.
tribes o. Gauls. OF which there were
loo They smoke the Celtic. anil fol-
lowed the religion OF the Drui:ls. one
class ofwhon under the name ofRaris,
laoasacrated By their songs the actions
Oh their heroes. The Romans who
snbidedthc country. were Sextus Cal
ynios. who established himself there,
AMI solniled the village Of ak, in Pro
yeece. 10 years belorc,Jcsus Christ !;
Domitias aai Fabius reduced into q
Homan Province al the meriiiona!
part OF the country, aud Julius Cesar
,Inited 1t to the empire as FAR as the
| Rhine. The Barharians who invaded
dani. wercthe Frames, who fixed them
selves there; the Bourguignons. who
yielded to the Francs; the yisiroths.
the .ttlemanni, the Huns. the Sueyi.
the Alaias. The Vanlais. who march
Ell through the country the Normans
and the Saraccas, who were driven
back The present Inhabitants ofan-
clent Gaui ara the Frcae,, and The
Swiss.
5. stGis: Subdivided into Cisa,nine
Gaui, Liguria. fEsruria, I.at;nm. Cam
pania, Apulia. Lueania, and Butium.
'he principal cities were Rome. Mi
ian. Verona, Aquileia, Ravanna. Sc.
Gibbon reckons if97. The natives of
Italy were the Etruscans, the Sahines.
the Latins. the Rutulians. the volsci-
ans, the Hernians. the Equians, the
Satnnites, and the Tarentines. The
eonguer0rs Of the country were, the
Kings, the cOnsuls, and the tiictators.
during the first 500 years of Rome for
1T took that period Of time for the Ro-
mans to become masters ofItaly. The
Sar5arians who invaded it were the
Vandais, the Suevi. the Huns. and the
| Visigoths. who traverse and desoIa-
ted 1T; the Eeru;ians, the Ostrogoths.
and the Lombarls, who established
themselves in the country. The pre-
sent inhabitants are, the Italians, the
Gcnoese, the Romans, the Tuscans,
| Neapolitans. Sc.
4. Spcin: Subdiyided into Tarraco
nensis, Lusitania, and Betica. The
principal cities were Cadiz, Carthage
ma, Saguntum. Numantia and Ita,ica.
founded by Scipio, afterwards the birth
place of the emperors Trajan, Adrian.
and Ehcodosius. The natives were
numerous and diversified tribes OF Gel
tiberians, Cantabrians, Vascones, Cal
laians, Asturians, Lusitanians, &c.
The Romans who reduced Spain into
the form ola province, were Scipio A fri
canus the first, who, by his victories, o.
pened the way for the Roman power !:
+. Flaccus and S. Gracious subdued
the Celtiberians Scipio Africanus the
secon" conquered Numantia and Au-
gastus subjugated the Cantabrians.-
The Barbarians who Invaded Spain.
were the Alains and the Suevi, who es-
tablished themselves there; they were
destroyed by the Visigoths, who yiel-
de;i in their tura 10 the Moors or Sar-
aeens. The Yandals merely passed
through the country, without making
any stay. The present Inhabitants Of
ancient Spain are the Spaniards and
the Portuguese.
.. Hlyria Subdiyided into Rhatia.
Noricum, Pannonia, Dalmatia, Dacia,
Mesia, Thrage. Macedonia. & Greece.
The pf;Hcipa! cities were AdrianopIe,
Byzan;ium, (since Constantinople,l A.
thens, Sc. The natives were many
tribes ofGermans, the Barbarians Of
Dalnatia, Thrace, Daeia, &c. AS also
the Macedonians and the Greeks. The
Romans who assisted in forming Illyria
into q province. were PaU.us Em;lius.
WHO suhdued Macedonia Metellus and
Mlmmius, VINO reduced Greece II
berius, who conquered part of IIlyria
proper, &c. and Trajan, who acquired
Daeia. The Barbarians who invaded
! it, were the Huns, the Adams, the Wis
igOths, the OstrOgOths, the GeDisics,
the Lombards. the Avares, &c. The
present Inhabitants are, the Bayarians,
the Austrians, the Hungarians, the
Dalmatians, the Greeks, tIie Turks,
&c.
6. .asid .Hinor: Subdiyided into A.
STA Minor proper, Bythinia, CiIicia,
Cappadocia. Pontus, and Mesopotamia.
The principal cities were NMomedia.
Pergamns, Smyrna, Laodicea, Ephesus.
Nli!etus. Troy, Heraelea, and Sardis.
y'he natives were the Troians, the Ly-
tiians. the PliFygians, the Pcrsians. and
| in general the fra-ments offbe ancient