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DEMOCRATIC IDEALS AND REALITY

Latin Peninsula, between the Mediterranean and. the ocean.[1]

Julius Cæsar penetrated to the Bay of

Fig. 6—The Latin Sea, showing the Roman territory after the Punic Wars.
Fig. 6.—The Latin Sea, showing the Roman territory after the Public Wars.

Biscay, and built a fleet wherewith he defeated the fleet of the Veneti of Brittany. Then,

  1. I do not know whether these names, Latin Sea and Latin Peninsula, have been used beforehand. It seems to me that they serve to crystallise important generalisations, and I propose using them henceforth.