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is the colony of Augusta, also called Succhabar, and 

 Ukewise Tubusuptu, the independent cities of 

 Timici and Tigavae, the rivers Sardaval, Aves and 

 Nabar, the Macurebi tribe, the river Usar, and the 

 Nababes tribe. Froni the river Anipsaga to Caesarea 

 is 322 niiles. The length of the two Mauretanias is 

 1038 miles and the breadth 467 miles. 



II. At the river Ampsaga begins Numidia, a Numidia. 

 country rendered famous by the name of Masinissa. 



The Greelcs called it Metagonitis, and they named 

 its people the Nomads, from their custom of fre- 

 quently changing their pasturage, carrying their 

 mapalia, that is their homes, about the country on 

 waggons. The towns are Chollum and Sgigada, 

 and in the interior about 48 miles from the latter 

 the colony of Cirta, called Cirta of the Sitiani," and 

 another colony further inland, Sicca, and the free 

 town of King's Bulla.'' On the coast are Tagodet, 

 King's Hippo, the river Mafragg, and the town of 

 Tabraca, which has Roman citizenship. The boun- 

 dary of Numidia is the river Zaina. The country 

 produces nothing remarkable beside the Numidian 

 marble and wikl beasts. 



III. Beyond the Zaina is the district of Zeugitana AfHca 

 and the region properly to be called Africa. Three (^rvnmaand 

 promontories run out into the sea, White Cape and ^'''^'''O- 

 then Cape Farina facing Sardinia and Cape Bon 



facing Sicily ; tliese form two bays — the Bay of 

 Hippo next the town called Hippo Dirutus, in Greek 

 Diarrhytus,"^ which name is due to its irrigation 

 channels, and adjacent to this, furlher from the 

 coast, Theudahs, a town exempt from tribute ; and 

 then Cape Farina, and on the second bay Utica, 

 which has the rights of Roman citizensliip ; it is 



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