BOOK VI. XXXIX. 215-217 



Under the fourth parallel lie the regions on the 

 other side of the Imavus, the southern parts of 

 Cappadocia, Galatia, Mysia, Sardis, Smyrna, Mount 

 Sipylus, Mount Tmohis, Lydia, Caria, lonia, TralHs, 

 Colophon, Ephesus, Miletus, Chios, Samos, the 

 Icarian Sea, the northern part of the Cychides, 

 Athens, Megara, Corinth, Sicyon, Achaia, Patras, 

 the Isthmus, Epirus, the northern districts of Sicily, 

 the eastcrn districts of GalHa Narbonensis, and the 

 coast of Spain from New Carthage westward. A 

 21-ft. gnomon has 16-ft. shadows. The longest day 

 has H§ equinoctial hours. 



The fifth diWsion, bcginning at the entrance of 

 the Caspian Sea, contains Bactria, Hiberia, Armenia, 

 Mysia, Phrygia, the Dardanelles, the Troad, Tene- 

 dos, Abydos, Scepsis, IHum, Mount Ida, Cyzicus, 

 Lampsacus, Sinope, Amisus, Heraclea in Pontus, 

 Paphlagonia, Lemnos, Imbros, Thasos, Cassahdria, 

 Thessaly, Macedon, Larisa, AmpliipoHs,Thessalonica, 

 Pella, Edesus, Beroea, Pharsalia, Carystum, Euboea 

 belonging to Boeotia, Chalcis, Delphi, Acarnania, 

 Aetolia, Apollonia, Brindisi, Taranto, Thurii, Locri, 

 Reggio, the Lucanian territory, Naples, Pozzuoli, 

 the Tuscan Sea, Corsica, the Balearic Islands and the 

 middle of Spain. A 7-ft. gnomon throws a 6-ft. 

 shadow. The longest day is 15 equinoctial hours. 



The sixth group, the one containing the city of 

 Rome, comprises the Caspian tribes, the Caucasus, 

 the northern parts of Armenia, Aj^ollonia on the 

 Rhvndacus, Nicomedia, Nicaea, Clialcedon, Byzan- 

 tium, Lysimachea, the Chersoncse, the Gulf of 

 Melas, Abdera, Samothrace, Maronea, Aenos, 

 Bessica, Thrace, Maedica, Paeonia, Illyria, Du- 

 razzo, Canosa, the edge of Apulia, Campania, 



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