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[6] But from the peak of this Italian slope a plateau extends for seven miles, as far as the post named from Mars 1 ; from there on another loftier height, equally difficult to surmount, reaches to the peak of the Matrona, 2 so called from an accident to a noble lady. After that a route, steep to be sure, but easier to traverse extends to the fortress of Briançon.

1 Modern Oulx, in the Ant. Itin. called mansio Martis; in the Itin. Burdigalense, ad Martis. Amm. uses statio both of a military post, and of a station on the cursus publicus, but see Hyde, R. Alp. Routes, p. 59.

2 Mont Genèvre.

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