Of the Eaftern Proiiince. 



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

 following Antiquity, and Infcription. 



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Near This Strudure, there is likewife the following Infcription. 



CL PETICIVS CL FILIVS PAPI 



RIA VICTOR MEM. 



VIR. VIXIT ANNIS. . . . 



be Situation 

 of the Peniii- 

 lula. 



t Cirta, or Conflantina as It was afterwards called ', is wellciRXA, or 

 fituated by Tl'inyy forty eight Roman Miles from the Sea. It iHlT.Tx'c. 

 is defcribed in Hiftory to be one of the chief as well as one of ^Jp.' \t^' 

 the ftrongeft Cities ' of Numidia : the firft of which Circum-caP:^:P;:3: 

 fiances, we find confirmed by the Extent of the Ruins : the latter ^^'^'^^- ^^' 

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

 been built upon a Kind oiTeninJular Promontory, inaccefliblei. 

 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 Direction we have a 

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



I Per^fnc/JJKfacerdotiumdecretumF/^vJte gcnti, C?Vr^ que oppido, quod obfidionc^-^/f.v.TKrfn 

 ceciderat repofito ornatoque nomen Conftantina inditum. J^ur. Victor in Vita Conjiantini. 

 ^O^CtrtA f. Cirtha, Punice, Nmp Cartha, i. e. Civitas. Boch. Chan. l.l. cap. 2^. Kin at h 

 joyned with yirba, Jerhn &c. in the H. Scriptures feems to be the fame Word. 2 Jngiirtha — 

 neque propter Naturam loci CJrr<i>H armis expugnare poteft. Sdl. Bell. Jug. 1- 2^. Exc. 



X i tains 



