This meant that in west-central Italy a solid bloc of land was held by the rebels from just south of the mouth of the river Po through southern Picentine land, the territory of the Vestini and then of the Marruncini, finishing almost at the ‘spur’ above the heel of the boot of Italy. This took a large bite out of the territory over which Rome held sway, and with the addition of Marsic lands, that bite extended right across the peninsula to within reach of the city of Rome itself. This initial wave of rebellion did much to ease the minds of those Italians considering rebellion, but afraid to
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