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and Greeks, focused on the trading post (''emporium'') of Genoa, drew them into Mediterranean trade and offered some Ligures an outlet in mercenary service. The Ligurian economy was a poor one, resting on herding, subsistence agriculture and the exploitation of woodland, and they resorted to raiding and piracy at times when economic conditions worsened. Their language is known only at second hand, almost entirely from names, and its place within the Indo-European

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