[1292] Baccius reads “Seberiniana,” but is probably wrong. If he is not, it might allude to the place now known as San Severino, and which produces excellent wine. Fée thinks that these wines were grown in the territory of Salerno, which still enjoys celebrity for its muscatel wines.
[1293] See B. iii. c. 10. The wines of modern Cosenza still enjoy a high reputation.
[1294] M. Valerius Messala Corvinus, the writer and partisan of Augustus. See end of B. ix.
[1295] A place supposed to have been situated near Thurii.
[1296] See B. iii. c. 15.
[1297] Said by Galen to be very wholesome, as well as pleasant. The wines of the vicinity of Naples are still held in high esteem.
[1298] Galen says that it was very similar to the Falernian.
[1299] See B. iii. c. 9.
[1300] The Trifoline territory was in the vicinity of Cumæ. It is possible that the wine may have had its name from taking three years to come to maturity; or possibly it was owing to some peculiarity in the vine.
[1301] They have been already mentioned in c. [4]. See B. iii. c. 9.