BOOK V 



I. TiiE Greeks give to Africa the name of Libya, i/nca. 

 and they call the sea lying in front of it the Libyan 

 Sea. It is bounded by Egypt. No other part of 

 the earth has fewer bays or inlets in its coast, whicli 

 stretches in a long slanting hne from the west. The 

 names of its peoples and towns are absolutely un- 

 pronounceable except by the natives ; and for the 

 rest, they mostly reside in fortresses. 



The Ust of its countries begins with the two called Thetico 

 Mauretania, which down to the time of the emperor '''""■'^"'"''"' 

 Caliguhi were kingdoms, but by his cruelty were 

 divided into two provinces. The outermost promon- 

 tory projecting into the ooean is named by the 

 Greeks Ampelusia." Beyond the Straits of Gibraltar 

 there were once the towns of Lissa and Cotte ; but 

 at the present day there is only Tangier, which 

 was originally founded by Antaeus and subsequently 

 entitled Traducta JuHa ^ by tlie emperor Claudius 

 when he establislied a colony there. It is 30 miles 

 distant from the town of Baelon in Baetica, where 

 the passage across is shortest. On the Atlantic 

 coast 25 miles from Tangier is JuHa Constantia 

 ZuHl,'' a colony of Augustus, which is exempt irom 

 the government of the native kings and included 

 under the jurisdiction of Baetica. Thirty-five miles 

 from ZuHl is Lixus, made a colony by the emperor 



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