Roman Antiquities and Ancient Mythology for Classical Schools (Esprios Classics)

Ancient Italy was separated on the north by the Alps from Germany. It was bounded on the east and north-east by the Adriatic Sea or Mare Superum; on the south-west by a part of the Mediterranean called the Tuscan Sea or Mare Inferum; and on the south by the Fretum Siculum called at present the strait of Messina.