LIBER III · CAPUT 22
DALMATIA
Latine · Mayhoff 1906
Liburniae finis et initium Delmatiae Scardona in amne eoXII passuum a mari. dein Tariotarum antiqua regio et castellum Tariona, promunturium Diomedis vel, ut alii, paeninsula Hyllis circuitu C???, Tragurium civium Romanorum, marmore notum, Siculi, in quem locum Divus Claudius veteranos misit, Salona colonia ab IaderCXII. petunt in eam iura viribus discriptis in decurias CCCXLII Delmatae, XXV Deuri, CCXXXVIIII Ditiones, CCLXVIIII Maezei, LII Sardeates. in hoc tractu sunt Burnum, Andetrium, Tribulium, nobilitata proeliis castella. petunt et ex insulis Issaei, Solentini, Separi, Epetini. ab his castella Petuntium, Nareste, Oneum. Narona colonia tertii conventus a Salona LXXXV p., adposita cognominis sui fluvio a mari XX p. M. Varro LXXXVIIII civitates eo ventitasse auctor est; nune soli prope noscuntur Cerauni decuriis XXIIII, Daversi XVII, Desitiates CIII, Docleatae XXXIII, Deretini XIIII, Deraemistae XXX, Dindari XXXIII, Glinditiones XLIIII, Melcumani XXIIII, Naresi CII, Scirtari LXXII, Siculotae XXIIII populatoresque quondam Italiae Vardaei non amplius quam XX decuriis. praeter hos tenuere tractum eum Ozuaei, Partheni, Cavi, Haemasi, Masthitae, Arinistae. a Narone amne C??? p. abest Epidaurum colonia. ab Epidauro sunt oppida civium Romanorum Rhizinium, Acruium, Butuanum, Olcinium, quod antea Colchinium dictum est, a Colchis conditum, amnis Drino superque eum oppidum civium Romanorum Scodra ab mari XVIII, praeterea multorum Graeciae oppidorum deficiens memoria nec non et civitatium validarum: eo namque tractu fuere Labeatae, Senedi, Rudini, Sasaei, Grabaei; proprieque dicti Illyri et Taulanti et Pyraei retinent nomen. in ora Nymphaeum promunturium. Lissum oppidum civium Romanorum ab Epidauro C??? p.
English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57
Scardona, situate upon the river, at a distance of twelve miles from the sea, forms the boundary of Liburnia and the beginning of Dalmatia. Next to this place comes the ancient country of the Autariatares and the fortress of Tariona, the Promontory of Diomedes, or, as others call it, the peninsula of Hyllis, 100 miles in circuit. Then comes Tragurium, a place with the rights of Roman citizens, and celebrated for its marble, Sicum, a place to which Claudius, the emperor lately deified, sent a colony of his veterans, and Salona, a colony, situate 112 miles from Iadera. To this place resort for legal purposes, having the laws dispensed according to their divisions into decuries or tithings, the Dalmatæ, forming 342 decuries, the Deurici 22, the Ditiones 239, the Mazæi 269, and the Sardiates 52. In this region are Burnum, Andetrium, and Tribulium, fortresses ennobled by the battles of the Roman people. To the same jurisdiction also belong the Issæi, the Colentini, the Separi, and the Epetini, nations inhabiting the islands. After these come the fortresses of Peguntium and of Rataneum, with the colony of Narona, the seat of the third jurisdiction, distant from Salona eighty-two miles, and situate upon a river of the same name, at a distance of twenty miles from the sea. M. Varro states that eighty-nine states used to resort thither, but now nearly the only ones that are known are the Cerauni with 24 decuries, the Daorizi with 17, the Dæsitiates with 103, the Docleatæ with 33, the Deretini with 14, the Deremistæ with 30, the Dindari with 33, the Glinditiones with 44, the Melcomani with 24, the Naresii with 102, the Scirtarii with 72, the Siculotæ with 24, and the Vardæi, once the scourges of Italy, with no more than 20 decuries. In addition to these, this district was possessed by the Ozuæi, the Partheni, the Hemasini, the Arthitæ, and the Armistæ. The colony of Epidaurum is distant from the river Naron 100 miles. After Epidaurum come the following towns, with the rights of Roman citizens:—Rhizinium, Acruvium, Butua, Olcinium, formerly called Colchinium, having been founded by the Colchians; the river Drilo, and, upon it, Scodra, a town with the rights of Roman citizens, situate at a distance of eighteen miles from the sea; besides in former times many Greek towns and once powerful states, of which all remembrance is fast fading away. For in this region there were formerly the Labeatæ, the Enderini, the Sasæi, the Grabæi, properly called Illyrii, the Taulantii, and the Pyræi. The Promontory of Nymphæum on the sea-coast still retains its name; and there is Lissum, a town enjoying the rights of Roman citizens, at a distance from Epidaurum of 100 miles.