vitalus

Updated: May 7, 2025

One of the oldest legends of the Italian stock ascribes to king Italus, or, as the Italians must have pronounced the word, Vitalus or Vitulus, the introduction of the change from a pastoral to an agricultural life, and shrewdly connects with it the original Italian legislation.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

One of the oldest legends of the Italian stock ascribes to king Italus, or, as the Italians must have pronounced the word, Vitalus or Vitulus, the introduction of the change from a pastoral to an agricultural life, and shrewdly connects with it the original Italian legislation.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book I : The Period Anterior to the Abolition of the Monarchy