Says that the whole island was shaggy and savage, from the vast forests with which Times, one of the wildest and least civilised portions of Southern Europe. Rugged and inaccessible nature rendered it in ancient, as they still do in modern c.) But notwithstanding this advantage, as wellĪs the excellent ports with which the W. They produced, have been celebrated in all ages. The vast extent of these, and the magnitude and excellence of the timber which Valleys or ravines, while they are covered almost throughout with dense forests. Their sides are furrowed by deep torrents, and intersected by narrow, crooked The highest summits of this range attain an elevation of from 8000 to 9000 feet,Īnd are in consequence covered with snow during the greater part of the year from one extremity of the island to the other. 13.)Īlmost the whole of Corsica is occupied by a range of lofty and rugged Is not more than 58 from Populonium, which is the nearest point on the mainland. The island from Vada Volaterrana is correctly given by Pliny at 62 M.P., but it The northern extremity of Corsica, formedīy a narrow ridge of mountains, extending like a great promontory near 30 milesįrom the main body of the island, is distinctly visible from many points on theĬoast of Etruria, and even from that of Liguria. The mainland near Populonium, but he was misled by his guides when they led him Little more than the truth the former correctly states that it is visible from Reckon it 300 stadia distant from the island of Aethalia or Ilva, which is very Length of the island is just about 100 geographical (125 Roman) miles, while itsīreadth nowhere exceeds 46 geographical or 58 Roman miles. 224.) Both these statements exceed the truth the real
Hand, states its length at 160 miles, and its greatest breadth at 70. Part 50 broad, and gives its circumference at 325 miles Strabo, on the other 17 Scylax, § 113.) Pliny says that it was 150 miles long, and for the most 123), though other authors gave it only the sixth place. Of the seven great islands in that sea (Alexius, ap. It was generally rally reckoned the third in magnitude The Mediterranean, ranean, situated to the N. Is the adjective form in Servius and Solinus), one of the principal islands in &c.: the Latin Ethnic is Corsus, which Ovid uses also for the adjective: Corsicanus Greek writers, however, use also Korsis and Korsika Dionys. Cited July 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinksĭictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed.
They are now above half a mile from the coast, though it was in the Roman times Its ruins are still visible near the south bank of the river Tavignano: To be one of the chief cities of Corsica under the Roman Empire. 552.) It subsequently received a Roman colony under theĭictator Sulla, and appears to have retained its colonial rank, and continued 259, an event which led to the submission of the whole island, and wasĭeemed worthy to be expressly mentioned in his epitaph. 13, where Kalaris isĮvidently a corrupt reading for Alapia.) No further mention is found of the GreekĬolony, but the city appears again, under the Roman form of the name, Aleria,ĭuring the first Punic war, when it was captured by the Roman fleet under L. of Italy, where they ultimately established themselves at Two nations they suffered such heavy loss, as induced them to abandon the island,Īnd repair to the S. Years, but their piratical conduct involved them in hostilities with the TyrrheniansĪnd Carthaginians and in a great sea-fight with the combined fleets of these Of its inhabitants repaired to their colony of Alalia, where they dwelt for five Twenty years later, when the parent city was captured by Harpagus, a large portion Originally a Greek colony, founded about B.C. B.), one of the chief cities of Corsica, situated on the E.Ĭoast of the island, near the mouth of the river Rhotanus (Tavignano).
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