HIROSHIMA, The capital of the Japanese Province of -\1:1 and of the Prefec ture of Hiroshima. situated at the southwestern of llondo, about three miles inland (:\Iap: Japan, C Co. It lies in a beautiful region at the foot of :: hill. and contains a number of tine a park. and tea-him-es. opposite the city is situated the sacred island of :\liyajima or Itsukushima. with its celebrated Shinto tem ple. Commercially. IIiroshima is considered the most important place west of 1:obe, and forms the centre of the trade in lacquered N•are,.bronze, and other objects of art. Population, in hi•r-pi'nt (from Sabine hirpus. wolf). A people of ancient Italy. who inhabited the southern portion of Samnimn. They have been considered by some authorities as merely a Sunnite tribe. Addle by others they are asan lit Hat ion. The C01111t ry they inhabited was the wild and mountainous district traversed by the Sabatus. Calor. and Tan:arils. tributaries of the Vulturnus. and on the east side of the Apennine ridge by the upper course of the ,\Attidus. In the early history of Rome the Ilirpini are found identifying themselves with their Samnite neighbors against their common foes. They seem to have been subdued in the
early part of the third century n.•., as in WC. 20'; It:a:eventual. the key of all their military positions. was colonized by Pontan settlers. In the Second Punic \Var. revolting from their conquerors. they joined the Carthaginian in vaders. and though they were unable to recapture their stronghold of Bene•entum, they remained faithful to Hannibal till the defeat of at the re-lored the empire of Italy to his opponents. In the pear of that event the Mr pini made peace with their old masters by betray ing into their hands the garrisons of their allies. From this time till the outbreak of the Social 1Var. the Ilirpini seem to have continued stead fast in their alleoinuce. On that occasion, how ever. they -et the example of revolt to the and might become formidable enemies had not the rapid ‘-aier•sses of Sella induced them to repair their error Iw• a complete submission. At the close of this war the Ilirpini obtained the franchise. and do not again appear in history as an independent people.