Item in Apulia oppidum Salpia vetus, quod Diomedes ab Troia rediens constituit sive, quemadmodum nonnulli scripserunt, Elpias Rhodius, in eiusmodi locis fuerat conlocatum, ex quo incolae quotannis aegrotando laborantes aliquando pervenerunt ad M. Hostilium ab eoque publice petentes impetraverunt, ut his idoneum locum ad moenia transferenda conquireret elegeretque.
Also in Apulia, the town of Old Salpia (which Diomede returning from Troy established, or, as some have written, Elpias of Rhodes), was situated in such places. Thus the inhabitants suffered every year from various ailments. At length they came to M. Hostilius, and, making a public request, obtained from him that he should seek out and choose a fit site for transferring their walls.
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