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the ancient inhabitants of Latium, in Italy. In very early times the Latins formed a league of 30 cities, of which the town of Alba Longa, said to have been built by Ascanius, the son , of AEneas, became the head. Rome was head.

Rome was originally a colony of Alba, and thus the language of the Romans is known as the Latin language. combination formed in 1865 by France, Italy, Belgium, and Switzerland . These countries entered into an agreement by which the amount of silver to be coined yearly was fixed for each member of the union. Greece joined the union in

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