This extensive country was not totally subdued before the time of Julius Caesar.
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Italy has been already mentioned in the first chapter; we shall therefore pass it over and come to the islands in the Mediterranean.
Sici'lia or Trinac'ria, _Sicily_, was the first province that the Romans gained beyond the confines of Italy.

The cities on its coast were founded by Phoenician and Grecian colonies, but the native inhabitants retained possession of the interior; one tribe, named the Sic'uli, are said to have migrated from Italy, and to have given their name to the island.

The Greeks and Carthaginians long contended for supremacy in this island, but it was wrested from both by the Romans towards the close of the second _Punic_ war.

Nearly at the same time, the islands of Corsica and Sardinia were annexed to the empire.
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