One hundred miles around Rome, the _provinciae suburbicariae_, must be distinguished from Thuscia and Campania; they did not belong to the regions, but were under the praefectus urbi, whence _Thuscia suburbicaria_, subsequently the _Patrimonium D. Petri_, and _Campania suburbicaria_ were opposed to _Campania Aurelia_, that is, the Campagna di Lavoro. The name _Aurelia_ has not been understood by the few scholars who have treated of this period; and wherever the name was found, the strangest emendations have been attempted, because it was believed that it was not the name of a province; but express testimony that it was a province occurs in Boëthius and others. 8. _Lucania et Brittia._ We must adhere to this corrupt ancient mode of spelling _Brittia_, for so it occurs in MSS., in subscriptions, in the “Scriptores rei Agrariae,” in the “Notitia imperii” and elsewhere. Our guide now passes on to the Alpes Penninae. Wallis must, probably, be regarded as a region, and also Aosta and Ivrea under the name of 9. _Alpes Penninae_; Paulus Diaconus, however, calls them _Apenninae_, and applies the name to some country of central Italy; but it can be proved that such a province never existed. 10. _Aemilia_, between a part of the Alpes Cottiae and Liguria, from Piacenza to Bologna. 11. _Flaminia_, that is, Romagna, Ferrara, Pesaro, or the maritime district as far as the Marca Ancona. 12. _Picenus_ (masculine, supply _ager_), the Marca Ancona with some adjoining Sabellian districts. 13. _Valeria_, extending from Tibur over the country of the Marsians, Pelignians, and perhaps, also, the Marrucinians; this province is sometimes politically united with Picenus, for Alba, the capital of Valeria, is also called, in the imperial rescripts, _Alba in Piceno_. 14. _Samnium_, and 15. _Apulia et Calabria_. Then come the islands Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica.