The plains of Italy, in contradistinction to the mountains; the humilemque Italiam of Virgil, Aeneid , III 522:⁠—

“And now the stars being chased away, blushing Aurora appeared, when far off we espy the hills obscure, and lowly Italy.”

“And now the stars being chased away, blushing Aurora appeared, when far off we espy the hills obscure, and lowly Italy.”

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