Of the Eaflern Province. 



Twill. Among the Ruins upon This Mountain, we have the 

 following Antiquity, and Infcription. 



125* 



Near This Structure, there is likewife the following Infcription. 



Q^PETICIVS CLFILIVS PAPI 



RIA VICTOR MEM. 



VIR. VIXIT ANNIS. . . . 



t Cirta, or Conflant'ina as It was afterwards called \ is well 

 lituated by Tl'iny^ forty eight Roman Miles from the Sea. It 

 is defcribed in Hiftory to be one of the chief as well as one of 

 the ftrongeft Cities ' of Numidia : the firft of which Circum- 

 ftances, we find confirmed by the Extent of the Ruins : the latter 

 by It's particular Situation. For the greateft Part of It hath 

 been built upon a Kind oiTeninfular Promontory, inacceifible 

 on all Sides, except towards the S. W. This I computed to be 

 a good Mile in Circuit, lying a little inclined to the Southward ; 

 but ending to the Northward in a Precipice of at leaft a hun- 

 dred Fathom in perpendicular. In this Direolion we have a 

 beautiful Landskip arifing from a great Variety of Vales, Moun- 



I rcrAjricam facerdotium dccretum F/4vii£ genti, Cirtx qucoppido, c]uod ohfidionnJlexiUidri 

 ceciderat repofuo ornatoquc nomen Οοηβαιιΰηα inditum. Atr. Victor in Vita Coiifiamini. 

 ^Grra I. Cirtha, Pumce, HViip Cartlia, i. e. Civitas. Boch. Chan. l.i. cap. 24. l:Ciriath 

 joyned with Aba, Jerim &c. in the H. Scriptures feems to be the fame Word. 2 Jugurtha— 

 ncque propter Naturam loci Qirtam armis expugnare poteft. Sail. Bell. Jug. 5• -i^ Exc• 



CiRTA, or 



CONSTAN- 

 TINA. Exc. 

 p.7. β. p.I^ 



Α. p. 18. 

 Cap. ίί. p.zr. 

 Cap. ^p.--3. 

 Cip.iii. &c. 



Ti':e Situation 

 of the Penin- 

 lula. 



cqi 

 p. 7. 



expugnat 



I i 



tains 



