§5.3.6μετὰ δὲ Ἄντιον τὸ Κιρκαῖον ἐστὶν ἐν διακοσίοις καὶ ἐνενήκοντα σταδίοις ὄρος νησίζον θαλάττῃ τε καὶ ἕλεσι· φασὶ δὲ καὶ πολύρριζον εἶναι, τάχα τῷ μύθῳ τῷ περὶ τῆς Κίρκης συνοικειοῦντες.
After Antium is Circeium, at a distance of two hundred and ninety stadia, a mountain which forms an island by being surrounded by the sea and marshes; they say also that it is rich in roots, perhaps associating this with the myth of Circe.
ἔχει δὲ πολίχνιον καὶ Κίρκης ἱερὸν καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς βωμόν, δείκνυσθαι δὲ καὶ φιάλην τινά φασιν Ὀδυσσέως.
It has a small town, a temple of Circe, and an altar of Athena, and they say that a certain cup of Odysseus is also shown there.
μεταξὺ δὲ ὅ τε Στόρας ποταμὸς καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ὕφορμος.
Between them is the river Storas and, at its mouth, an anchorage.
ἔπειτα προσεχὴς αἰγιαλὸς λιβί, πρὸς αὐτῷ μόνον τῷ Κιρκαίῳ λιμένιον ἔχων.
Then follows a coast adjacent to the southwest wind, having a small harbor only near Circeium itself.
ὑπέρκειται δʼ ἐν τῇ μεσογαίᾳ τὸ Πωμεντῖνον πεδίον· τὴν δὲ συνεχῆ ταύτῃ πρότερον Αὔσονες ᾤκουν, οἵπερ καὶ τὴν Καμπανίαν εἶχον, μετὰ δὲ τούτους Ὄσκοι· καὶ τούτοις δὲ μετῆν τῆς Καμπανίας, νῦν δʼ ἅπαντα Λατίνων ἐστὶ μέχρι Σινοέσσης, ὡς εἶπον.
Above this, in the interior, lies the Pomentine plain; the district continuous with this was formerly inhabited by the Ausones, who also possessed Campania, and after them by the Osci; these too had a share in Campania, but now all belongs to the Latins as far as Sinuessa, as I have said.
ἴδιον δέ τι τοῖς Ὄσκοις καὶ τῷ τῶν Αὐσόνων ἔθνει συμβέβηκε· τῶν μὲν γὰρ Ὄσκων ἐκλελοιπότων ἡ διάλεκτος μένει παρὰ τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις, ὥστε καὶ ποιήματα σκηνοβατεῖσθαι κατά τινα ἀγῶνα πάτριον καὶ μιμολογεῖσθαι· τῶν δʼ Αὐσόνων οὐδʼ ἅπαξ οἰκησάντων ἐπὶ τῇ Σικελικῇ θαλάττῃ, τὸ πέλαγος ὅμως Αὐσόνιον καλεῖται.
A peculiar thing has happened to the Osci and the nation of the Ausones; for while the Osci have disappeared, their dialect remains among the Romans, so that even plays are staged in it on the occasion of a certain traditional contest and are mimicked; whereas the Ausones, although they never once inhabited the shores of the Sicilian Sea, yet have the sea called Ausonian after them.
ἑξῆς δʼ ἐν ἑκατὸν σταδίοις τῷ Κιρκαίῳ Ταρρακῖνα ἐστί, Τραχίνη καλουμένη πρότερον ἀπὸ τοῦ συμβεβηκότος.
Next, at a distance of one hundred stadia from Circeium, is Tarracina, formerly called Trachine from its circumstance.
πρόκειται δὲ αὐτῆς μέγα ἕλος ὃ ποιοῦσι δύο ποταμοί· καλεῖται δʼ ὁ μείζων Οὔφης.
In front of it lies a large marsh, which two rivers make; the larger is called Ufes.
ἐνταῦθα δὲ συνάπτει τῇ θαλάττῃ πρῶτον ἡ Ἀππία ὁδός, ἐστρωμένη μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥώμης μέχρι Βρεντεσίου, πλεῖστον δʼ ὁδευομένη, τῶν δʼ ἐπὶ θαλάττῃ πόλεων τούτων ἐφαπτομένη μόνον, τῆς τε Ταρρακίνης καὶ τῶν ἐφεξῆς Φορμιῶν τε καὶ Μιντούρνης καὶ Σινοέσσης, καὶ τῶν ἐσχάτων Τάραντός τε καὶ Βρεντεσίου.
Here the Appian Way first touches the sea, being paved from Rome as far as Brentesium, and being the most traveled of all, though it touches only these coastal cities—Tarracina, and next Formiae, Minturnae, and Sinuessa, and the outermost Tarentum and Brentesium.
πλησίον δὲ τῆς Ταρρακίνης βαδίζοντι ἐπὶ τῆς Ῥώμης παραβέβληται τῇ ὁδῷ τῇ Ἀππίᾳ διῶρυξ ἐπὶ πολλοὺς τόπους πληρουμένη τοῖς ἑλείοις τε καὶ τοῖς ποταμίοις ὕδασι· πλεῖται δὲ μάλιστα μὲν νύκτωρ, ὥστʼ ἐμβάντας ἀφʼ ἑσπέρας ἐκβαίνειν πρωίας καὶ βαδίζειν τὸ λοιπὸν τῇ ὁδῷ, ἀλλὰ καὶ μεθʼ ἡμέραν· ῥυμουλκεῖ δʼ ἡμιόνιον.
Near Tarracina, as one travels towards Rome, there is a canal running alongside the Appian Way for many places, filled by the marshy and river waters; it is navigated chiefly by night, so that those who embark in the evening disembark in the morning and travel the rest of the way by the road, but also by day; and a mule tows it.
ἑξῆς δὲ Φορμίαι Λακωνικὸν κτίσμα ἐστίν, Ὁρμίαι λεγόμενον πρότερον διὰ τὸ εὔορμον.
Next is Formiae, a Laconian foundation, formerly called Hormiae because of its good anchorage.
καὶ τὸν μεταξὺ δὲ κόλπον ἐκεῖνοι Καιάταν ὠνόμασαν· τὰ γὰρ κοῖλα πάντα καιέτας οἱ Λάκωνες προσαγορεύουσιν· ἔνιοι δʼ ἐπώνυμον τῆς Αἰνείου τροφοῦ τὸν κόλπον φασίν.
And they named the gulf between them Caiata; for the Laconians call all hollow places caietas; but some say that the gulf was named after the nurse of Aeneas.
ἔχει δὲ μῆκος σταδίων ἑκατὸν ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ Ταρρακίνης μέχρι τῆς ἄκρας τῆς ὁμωνύμου· ἀνέωγέ τʼ ἐνταῦθα σπήλαια ὑπερμεγέθη, κατοικίας μεγάλας καὶ πολυτελεῖς δεδεγμένα· ἐντεῦθεν δʼ ἐπὶ τὰς Φορμίας τετταράκοντα.
It has a length of one hundred stadia, starting from Tarracina as far as the promontory of the same name; and there huge caves open up, which have received large and luxurious dwellings; from there to Formiae it is forty stadia.
ταύτης δʼ ἀνὰ μέσον εἰσὶ καὶ Σινοέσσης αἱ Μιντοῦρναι, σταδίους ἑκατέρας διέχουσαι περὶ ὀγδοήκοντα.
Between this and Sinuessa lies Minturnae, at a distance of about eighty stadia from each.
διαρρεῖ δὲ Λεῖρις ποταμός, Κλάνις δʼ ἐκαλεῖτο πρότερον· φέρεται δʼ ἄνωθεν ἐκ τῶν Ἀπεννίνων ὀρῶν καὶ τῆς * Ὀυηστίνης παρὰ Φρεγέλλας κώμην (πρότερον δʼ ἦν πόλις ἔνδοξος), ἐκπίπτει δʼ εἰς ἄλσος ἱερὸν τιμώμενον περιττῶς ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν Μιντούρναις ὑποκείμενον τῇ πόλει.
The river Liris flows through it, which was formerly called Clanis; it flows down from above from the Apennine mountains and the territory of Vestine, past the village of Fregellae (formerly a famous city), and empties into a sacred grove held in extraordinary honor by the inhabitants of Minturnae, lying below the city.
τῶν δὲ σπηλαίων ἐν ὄψει μάλιστα πρόκεινται δύο νῆσοι πελάγιαι, Πανδατερία τε καὶ Ποντία, μικραὶ μὲν οἰκούμεναι δὲ καλῶς, οὐ πολὺ ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων διέχουσαι, τῆς ἠπείρου δὲ πεντήκοντα ἐπὶ τοῖς διακοσίοις.
In full view of the caves lie two islands in the open sea, Pandateria and Pontia, small but well-peopled, not far distant from each other, and two hundred and fifty stadia from the mainland.
ἔχεται δὲ τοῦ Καιάτου κόλπου τὸ Καίκουβον, τούτου δὲ Φοῦνδοι, πόλις ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τῇ Ἀππίᾳ κειμένη.
Adjoining the gulf of Caiata is Caecubum, and next to this Fundi, a city situated on the Appian Way.
πάντες δʼ εἰσὶν οἱ τόποι οὗτοι σφόδρα εὔοινοι· ὁ δὲ Καίκουβος καὶ ὁ Φουνδανὸς καὶ ὁ Σητῖνος τῶν διωνομασμένων εἰσί, καθάπερ ὁ Φάλερνος καὶ ὁ Ἀλβανὸς καὶ ὁ Στατανός.
All these places are extremely productive of good wine; the Caecuban, the Fundan, and the Setine are among the most famous, just like the Falernian, the Alban, and the Statan.
ἡ δὲ Σινόεσσα ἐν κόλπῳ ἵδρυται, ἀφʼ οὗ καὶ τοὔνομα· σίνος γὰρ ὁ κόλπος· πλησίον ἐστὶ δʼ αὐτῆς θερμὰ λουτρὰ κάλλιστα, ποιοῦντα πρὸς νόσους ἐνίας.
Sinuessa is situated in a gulf, from which also it gets its name; for a gulf is called sinus; near it are excellent hot baths, beneficial for certain diseases.
αὗται μὲν αἱ ἐπὶ θαλάττῃ τῶν Λατίνων πόλεις.
These, then, are the coastal cities of Latium.