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Dion. Hal. Antiquitates Romanae 20.15.1-2: Oij Brevttioi ejkovnte" ujpotagevnte"
jRwmaivoi" th;n hjmivseian th`" ojreinh`" parevdwkan aujtoi`", h} kalei`tai me;n Sivla,
mesth; d j ejsti;n u{lh" eij" oijkodomav" te kai; nauphgiva" kai; pa`san a[llhn
kataskeuh;n eujqevtou: pollh; me;n ga;r ejlavth pevfuken oujranomhvkh" ejn aujth,`/
pollh; de; ai[geiro", pollh; de; piveira peuvkh ojxuvh te kai; pivtu" kai; fhgo;"
ajmfilafh;" kai; melivai tai`" diarreouvsai" libavsi pianovmenai, kai; pa`sa a[llh
baqei`a sunufainomevnh toi" klavdoi" u{lh skiero;n ajpotelou`sa di j o{lh" hjmevra"
to; o[ro".
jEx h`/" hj me;n e[ggista qalavtth" kai; potamw`n fuomevnh tmhqei`sa th;n ajpo;
rjivzh" tomh;n ojlovklhro" ejpi; tou;" limevna" tou;" e[ggista katavgetai, pavsh/
diarkh;" jItaliva/ prov" te ta; nautika; kai; pro;" ta;" tw`n oijkiw`n kataskeuav":
hj de; a[nw qalavtth" kai; potamw`n provsw karmasqei`sa kata; mevrh kwvpa" te
parevcei: kai; kontou;" kai; o{pla pantoià kai; skeuvh ta; katoikivdia, foravdhn
ujp j ajnqrwvpwn komizomevnh: hj de; pleivsth kai; piotavth pittourgei`tai kai; parevceip
asw`n w\n i[smen hjmei`" eujwdestavthn te kai; glukutavthn th;n kaloumevnhn
Brettivan pivttan: ajf j h\" megavlo" oj tw`n jRwmaivwn dh`mo" kaq j e{kaston ejniauto;n ej
k tw`n misqwvsewn lambavnei prosovdou".
The Bruttians, after submitting willingly to the Romans, delivered up to them onehalf
of their mountainous district, called Sila, which is full of timber suitable for the
building of houses and ships and every other kind of construction. For much fir grows
there, towering to the sky, much black poplar, much pitch pine, beech, stone pine, widespreading
oak, ash trees enriched by the streams flowing through their midst, and every
other kind of tree with densely-intertwined branches that keep the mountain in shadow
throughout the whole day.
Of this timber, that which grows nearest the sea and rivers is felled at the root and
taken down in full lengths to the nearest harbours, sufficient in quantity to serve all Italy
for shipbuilding and the construction of houses. That which grows inland from the sea and
remote from rivers is cut up in sections for the making of oars, poles and all kinds of
domestic implements and equipment, and is carried out on men’s shoulders. But the largest
and most resinous part of the timber is made into pitch, furnishing the most fragrant and
sweetest pitch known to us, the kind called Bruttian, from the farming out of which the
Roman people receive large revenues every year. (E. Cary).
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Diod. Sic. 8.19.1-2: {Oti Mindurivdh" ... ajnacqh`naiv fasin ejk Subavrew"
ejn penthkontovrw/ tou;" ejrevta"e[conta ijdivou" oijkevta", w\n ei\nai tou;" me;n ajliei`", t
ou;" de; ojrniqoqhvra".
Mindyrides … we are told, set sail from Sybaris in a ship of fifty oars, the rowers
being slaves of his own household, some of them fishermen and others fowlers. (C. H.
Oldfather).
Diod. Sic. 13.3.3-5: ejpei; d ja{pante" hjqroivsqhsan, diapleuvsante" to;n jIovnion
povron pro;" a{kran jIapugivan kathnevcqhsan, kajkei`qen h[dh parelevgonto th;n
jItalivan. ujpo; me;n ou\n Tarantivnwn ouj prosedevcqhsan, Metapontivnou" de; kai;
jHrakleiwvta" parevpleusan: eij" de; Qourivou" katenecqevnte" pavntwn e[tucon
tw`n filanqrwvpwn. ejkei`qen de; katapleuvsante" eij" Krovtwna, kai; labovnte"