MAKE A MEME View Large Image Spruner Map of Italy before the Gauls and the Marsicus War - Geographicus - ItaliaGalliaCisalpina-spruner-1865.jpg This is Karl von Spruner ™s 1865 map of Italy Cisalpine Gaul Sicily Sardinia Corsica to the arrival of the Gauls after the ...
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Keywords: 1865 Spruner Map of Italy before the Gauls and the Marsicus War - Geographicus - ItaliaGalliaCisalpina-spruner-1865.jpg This is Karl von Spruner ™s 1865 map of Italy Cisalpine Gaul Sicily Sardinia Corsica to the arrival of the Gauls after the Marsicus War This is essentially two larger maps in one with four smaller insets In the left quadrant Spruner shows the whole of Italy and Sicily including a small map key and scale The right quadrant depicts Latium and Campania Latium is the region of central western Italy in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire This land was originally where the tribe known as the Latins resided Campania is a region in southern Italy that during the Roman era was highly respected as a place of culture by the emperors where it balanced Greco-Roman culture The four smaller insets show Tarentum a detailed depiction of the southern-most area of Sicily the country of Italy as a whole and Syracusae Map shows important cities rivers mountain ranges and other minor topographical detail Countries and territories are designated with colored borders and each map includes a key or legend The whole is rendered in finely engraved detail exhibiting throughout the fine craftsmanship of the Perthes firm 1865 undated Size in 16 13 object history credit line accession number ItaliaGalliaCisalpina-spruner-1865 Spruner Karl von <i>Spruner-Menke Atlas Antiquus </i> Gotha Justus Perthes 1865 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Karl Spruner von Merz Old maps of Italy Maps of ancient Italy
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