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five colonies, one municipality of lloman citizens, 

 three with the old Latin rights and 36 that pay 

 tribute. The colonies are Merida on the river 

 Guadiana, Medellin, Beja, and Alcantara surnamed 

 Caesarina (to this Trucillo and Caceres are assigned) ; 

 and the fifth is that of Santarem, which is called the 

 Garrison of Julius. The municipahty of Roman 

 citizens is Lisbon, surnamed the Success of Juhus. 

 The towns witli the old Latin riglits are Evora, which 

 is also called the Generosity of Juhus, and Mertola 

 and Alcazar do Sal which we have mentioned. Of §iic. 

 the tributary towTis that deserve mention, besides 

 those already specified in the hst of names of those m i3. 

 belonging to Baetica, are Augustobriga, Aemia, 

 Arandita, Axabrica, Balsa, Caesarobrica, Capera, 

 Coria, Colarna, Cibihta, Concordia, Elbocox'ium, 

 Interamnium, Lancia, Malabriga surnamed Celtic, 

 Medubriga surnamed Plumbaria, Ocelum, the Tur- 

 duH also called Bardih, and the Tapori. 



The dimensions of Lusitania combined with Asturia 

 and Gallaecia are given by Agrippa as : length 540 

 miles, breadth 536 miles. The provinces of Spain 

 taken all together, measured from the two pro- 

 montories of the Pyrenees along the sea hne, are 

 estimated to cover by tlie circumference of the whole 

 coast 2924 miles, or by others 2600 miles. 



Opposite to Celtiberia are a number of islands " rsianUs ufj 

 called by the Greeks the Tin Islands in consequence ^"'* 

 of their abundance of that metal ; and facing Cape 

 Finisterre are the six Islands of the Gods, which some 

 people have designated the Islcs of BHss. But 

 immediately at the beginning of Baetica comes 

 Cadiz, 25 miles from the mouth of the Strait, an island 



" Probably tbe Scilly Islands. 



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