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Next is the voyage along the coast of the Iapodes, 1000 stadia in extent. The Iapodes are situated on Mount Albius, which is the termination of the Alps, and is of very great height. They reach in one direction to the Pannonii and the Danube, and in another to the Adriatic. They are a warlike people, but were completely subdued by Augustus. Their cities are Metulum, Arupinum, Monetium, Vendum.2771 The country is poor, and the inhabitants live chiefly upon spelt and millet.2772 Their armour is after the Keltic fashion. Their bodies are punctured, like those of the other Illyrian and Thracian people.

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[CAS. 315] After the coast of the Iapodes follows that of Liburnia, exceeding the former by 500 stadia. On this coast is Scardon,2773 a Liburnian city, and a river,2774 which is navigable for vessels of burden as far as the Dalmatæ.