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pix oppidu ultra ponut in littore Baragaza . a Moffylite promotpna Atlanticu mare iti 



cf pere uult Iuba;,praE?ter Mauritanias fuas Gadis iift^ nauigandum iroro.Cuius tota len^ 



' tentiahocinlocofubtrahendano efl^apromotcriQlridorurri qiibduocaturLeptcacraj; 



abalfjsDrepanum^proponitreftocuriiipraeterexuftaadMalchuinfulam xv*M,paflr 

 cfleJnde ad locum quem uocant Srciieos,ccxxv«M*pafnndc ad infulam SadanuTn cIm; 



pafluunitSic fieriad apertiimare xvin.Ixxxv*M4paff Rcliquiomnespropterfblisardo' 

 rcm nauigari pofle no putauerunt * Quin & commerciaipfa infeftant ex infulis Arabe^ 

 Afcitac appellatijquoniam bubulos utres binos ftcrnentes pote,piraticacxercent fagits; 

 tis "uencnatis.Getes Troglody taru ide luba tradit Therothoas a ucnatu didos^miras uc 

 10 locitatis:ficutIchthyophagos5natantesceumarisanimaIia:Bargenos,Zageras,ChaIy;« 



bas^SaxinaSjSyrccaSjDaremas, Domazanes. Qiiin &accoIasNiIiaSyenenoi5thio;* 

 pum pbpuIos,fed Arabum eflcdicit ufcp Meroen. Solis quoq^ oppidum quod nopro 

 cul Memphi in TEgypti fitu diximus, Arabas coditores habere ♦ Sunt & qui ulteriorem' 

 ripam i^thiopiae auferant,anne(flantcp Africa^.ripasaiit tncolere propter aquarii. Nos 

 reh'docuic]pintelligediarbitrio,oppidaquotradunturordineutrincpponemus,aSy€ 



nc^Sc prius Arabisc latercgefts Catadupi.deinde Syenitar.Oppida,Tacorhpfon,quani 

 quidamappeIlaueruntThathicen,Aranium,Se&nium,Sandura,Nafaudum,Anaudo^ 



ma,Cumara,Beta&:Bochiana,Leuphithorga,Tantarene,Mccchindira,Noa,Gophoa, 



Gy(ltat^Megeda5Lea,Rhemnia,Nupfia,Direa,Pataga,Bagada,Dumana,Rhadata,iii 



%o quo felis aurea pro deo colcbatur.Boron in mediterraneo, MalIos,proximum Meroa?. 



fie prodidit Bion. luba alitcr : Oppidum in monte Megatichos, inter iEgyptum & M 

 thibpiarri,quod Arabes Myrfon uocauere.deinde Tacompfon^Aranium^ScfaniumsPi 

 den,Mamuda, Corambin, iuxta eam bituminis fontem, Hammodara,Profda,Paren ta; 

 Mama,Teflara,GaIIas,Zotbn,Graucome,Emeu,Pidibotas,Hebdomcconracometas 



NomadasintabernacuIisuiucntes:Cyften,Pemman,Gadagalen,Paloin,Primmin,Nu 



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pfin,Dafe{in5Patiri,Gambreues,Magafen,Segafmala,Cranda,Denna,Cadeuma,Th 



Batha,AIana,Macua,Scamnfio3,Goram ininfula: abijs Abala, Androcalim, S 



Mallos, Agbcen. Ex Africaelaterc tradita funt eoderii nomine Tacompfos altera, fiuc 

 parsprioris:Magora,Sea,Edofa,PeIenaria,Pindis,Magufa,Bauma,Linitima,Spyntu^ 



3,0 ma,Sydopta,Gcnfoa,Pindicitora, Eugoa, Orfima, Suafa, Mauma, Rhuma, Vrbubu 



ma,MuIona,quodoppidum GracciHypaton uocarurit:Pagoargas,Zamnes, undc eh 

 phantiincipiant:MambIia,Berrefa,Cetuma.Fuitquondam8^EpisoppiducontraM 



ntequam Bion fcriberet deletum* Hacc furit prodita ufc^ Meroen , ex quibus h 



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tcmpore nullu prope utrocp latere extat^Cactera folitudines^nuper renunciauere pnnci 

 pi Ncroni,mifsi ab eo iriilites pr^toriani ciim tribuno ad expIorandu,inter reliquabella 

 &iEthiopicum cogitanti. Intrauerc autem & ed armaRomaria diui Augufti tempori> 

 bus,duce RPetronio,& ipfo equeftris ordinis prxfeao^gyptijs.Oppida eoru expu 

 gnauit,qu3e fola inuenerat quo dicenius ordine:Pfelchin, Primiri, Aboccin, Phthurin, 

 Cambufin,Attenan,Stadi(iri,ubiNiluspraecipitansfe,fragoreauditumaccolisaufert, 



Diripuit&Napata.LongifsimeautaSycneprogreflliseft dcccIxx.M.pafluum.Necti 

 men arma Romana ibi fohtudinc fecerunt.iEgyptiorum bcllis attrita eft i£thiopia,ui^ 



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dfsim impcritando feruiendocp,cIara 8C potcns ctiam ufc^ ad Troiana bella M 

 rconantc:& Syrise imperitafrceam^noftroqpirttore artatc rcgis Cephei patet Androm 



d^fabulis.Simili modo & de menfura eius uaria prodidere : primus Dalion ultra Me 

 roen lonae fubueftus^mox Ariftocrcon,&Bion,& Bafilis:Simonides minor etia qu 



quennioTn Meroe moratus cu de ^ihiopia fcriberet.Nam & Timofthenes claisiu P 

 ladclphi pr2efcdus,fine menfura dieru Ix.a Sycne Mcroen iter prodidit . Eratofthen 

 dcxxv.M» Artemidorus dcM.SebofusabiEgypti extremisfcxdeciescentena Ixxv. 

 paff^undcproximcdicTti xii.lxx.Vcruomnis haccfinitanupcrdifputatio eft^uoniara 

 a Sycne dcccIxil^M» Neronis cxploratoreS rcriuriciaucrc his modis : A Syene Hieran fy - 

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