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forms the boundary between Armenia and Hiberia, 

 Above the coastward parts of Albania and the Udini 

 tribe stretch the Sarmatae, Utidorsi and Aroteres, in 

 the rear of whom we have alrcady indicated the § 35. 

 Amazons and Sauromatides. The rivers running 

 down to the sea through Albania are the Casus and 

 the Albanus, then the Cambyses, which rises in the 

 Caucasus Mountains, and then the Kur, rising in the 

 Coraxaci, as we have said. The whole of the coast § 26. 

 from the Casus is stated by Agrippa to be formed of 

 very lofty chffs which prohibit landing for 425 miles. 

 The sea begins to have the name of Caspian from 

 the mouth of the Kur, the coast being inhabited by 

 the Caspii. 



In this place we must correct a mistake made by NorOiern 

 many people, even those who recently served with ?<"*'*• 

 Corbulo in the war in Armenia. These have given 

 the name of Caspian Gates to the pass in Hiberia, 

 which, as we have stated, is callcd the Gates of the§ 30. 

 Caucasus, and maps of the region sent home from 

 the front have this name written on them. Also the 

 expedition threatened by the Emperor Nero was 

 spoken of as intended to pcnetrate to tlie Caspian 

 Gates, whereas it was really aimed at the pass that 

 gives a road through Hiberia to Sarmatia, the 

 mountain barrier atfording scarcely any access to the 

 Caspian Sea. There are however othcr Caspian 

 Gates adjoining the Caspian tribes ; the distinction 

 between the two passes can only be estabhshed by 

 means of the report of those who accompanied the 

 expedition of Alexander the Great. 



XVI. Tlie kingdom of the Persians, which we CountrUs 

 now know as Parthia, hes between the two seas, the ^^'IZlafa 

 Persian and the Caspian, on the hcights ot" thc ^rmenia. 



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