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2d Punic Adriatic Aegaean afterwards Alps ancient town Apennines Apulia Asia Minor Athenians Augustus bank became birthplace Bithynia border boundary bounded Bruttium built called Campania capital Cappadocia Caria Carthaginians celebrated chief city chief rivers chief towns Cilicia coast defeated derived its name destroyed district divided Dorian emperor empire Etruria Etruscan Euxine fertile flourishing flows formed founded Galatia Gallia Gauls Greece Greek cities gulf Hannibal harbor hence Herodotus hill Iapygia important inhabitants interior Ionian island Italy king Lacus lake later Latium Locri Lucania Lycia Lydia Mare Mediterranean mentioned miles Mons Montes mountains mouth municipium Mysia Neapolis neighborhood noted originally Pamphylia Paphlagonia Peloponnesus peninsula Persian Phoenicians Phrygia Pisidia plain poets Pontus possessed principal probably promontory province rises Roman colony Rome ruins Sabine Samnites Samnium separated shores Sicily side Sinus situated stadia stood Strabo subsequently Syracuse Tarentum Taurus temple territory Tiber tribes tributaries valley whence
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