Nil vetitum fecisse volet, quem non pudet alto
Per glaciem perone tegi, qui summovet Euros
Pellibus inversis; peregrina ignotaque nobis
Ad scelus atque nefas, quaecumque est, purpura ducit.’
Juvenal, Sat. xiv. 179-188.
179 collibus istis, i.e. in the central mountain range of Italy. The Federals chose Corfinium (E. of Lake Fucinus) to be the Italian rallying-point, and the seat of a new State.
180-181 Marsus . . . Hernicus . . . Vestinus, Sabellian peoples noted for their bravery and simplicity; the backbone of Rome’s army.
182 numina ruris, e.g. Ceres, Liber and Priapus.
185-186 alto perone = a high rustic boot of raw hide.
187 pellibus inversis = skins with the hair turned inwards.—Duff.