74. Machiavel has explained, at least as a philosopher, the
origin of Florence, which insensibly descended, for the
benefit of trade, from the rock of Faesulae to the banks of
the Arno (Istoria Florentina, tom. i. l. ii. p. 36; Londra,
1747). The triumvirs sent a colony to Florence, which, under
Tiberius (Tacit. Annal. i. 79), deserved the reputation and
name of a 'fourishing' city. See Culver. Ital. Antiq. tom.
i. p. 507, etc.