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Ausones
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"Ausones" (Ancient Greek: Αὔσονες; Italian: Ausoni), the original name and the extant Greek form for the Latin "Aurunci", was a name applied by Greek writers to describe various Italic peoples inhabiting the southern and central regions of Italy.[1] The term was used, specifically, to denote the particular tribe which Livy termed the Aurunci, but later it was applied to all Italians, and Ausonia became a poetic term, in Greek and Latin, for Italy itself.[2]
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, s. v. "Aurunci," http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/43464/Aurunci.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, s. v. "Aurunci," http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/43464/Aurunci.
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