[66.] Amphissian.]—Ver. 703. Amphissia was the name of a city of Locris; but that cannot be the place here alluded to on the coast of Italy. It is most probably a corrupt reading.
[67.] Caulon.]—Ver. 705. Caulon was a colony of the Achæa on the coast of Calabria. Narycia, or Naritium, or Naricia, was also a town on the Calabrian coast. The localities of Ceraunia and Romechium are not known.
[68.] Leucosia.]—Ver. 708. Leucosia was a little island off the town of Pæstum, which was in Lucania; it was famous for its mild climate, and the beauty of its roses, which are celebrated by Virgil.
[69.] Capreæ.]—Ver. 709. Capreæ was an island near the coast of Naples.
[70.] Surrentine.]—Ver. 710. Surrentum was a city of Campania, famed for its wines.
[71.] City of Hercules.]—Ver. 711. This was Herculaneum, at the foot of Vesuvius; the place which shared so disastrous a fate from the eruption of that mountain.
[72.] Stabiæ.]—Ver. 711. This was a town of Campania, which was destroyed by Sylla in the Social war. It was afterwards rebuilt.
[73.] The warm springs.]—Ver. 711. He alludes to the city of Baiæ, famed for its warm springs and baths.
[74.] Linternum.]—Ver. 714. This place was in Campania. It was famous as the place of retirement of the elder Scipio; he was buried there.
[75.] Vulturnus.]—Ver. 715. This was a river of Campania, which flowed past the city of Capua.