Ligŭria

, a country on the west of Italy, bounded on the east by the river Macra, on the south by part of the Mediterranean called the Ligustic sea , on the west by the Varus, and on the north by the Po. The commercial town of Genoa was anciently and is now the capital of the country. The origin of the inhabitants is not known, though in their character they are represented as vain, unpolished, and addicted to falsehood. According to some they were descended from the ancient Gauls and Germans, or, as others support, they were of Greek origin, perhaps the posterity of the Ligyes mentioned by Hero dot us. Liguria was subdued by the Romans, and its chief harbour now bears the name of Leghorn . Lucan , bk. 1 , li. 442 .— Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 1 .— Strabo , bk. 4 , . — Tacitus , Histories , bk. 2 , ch. 15 .— Pliny , bk. 2 , ch. 5 , . — Livy , bk. 5 , ch. 35 ; bk. 22 , ch. 33 ; bk. 39 , ch. 6 , . — Cornel i us Nepos , Hannibal .— Florus , bk. 2 , ch. 8 .