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going back from the foot of the Pyrenees, are the Ausetani^ 

 theLacetani^ and along the Pyrenees, the Cerretani^, next to 

 whom are the Vascones''. On the coast is the colony of 

 Barcino^ surnamedFaventia; Baetulo* and Iluro^, towns with 

 Roman citizens; the river Larnum^, BlandaB^, the river Alba'"; 

 Emporije", a city consisting of two parts, one peopled by the 

 original inhabitants, the other by the Greek descendants 

 of the Phocaeans ; and the river Ticher'^. From this to the 

 Venus Pyrenaea", on the other side of the Promontory, is a 

 distance of forty miles. 



I shall now proceed to give an account of the more re- 

 markable things in these several jurisdictions, in addition to 

 those which have been already mentioned. Forty-three 

 different peoples are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of 

 Tarraco : of these the most famous are — holding the rights 

 of Roman citizens, the Dertusani" and the Bisgargitani ; 

 enjoying Latian rights, the Ausetani, and the Cerretani, both 

 Julian and Augustan, the Edetani'", the Gerundenses'^, the 



* Their chief cities were Genmda, the present Gbrona, and Ausa or 

 Yicus Ausse, now Vic d'Osona. ^ In the country beyond Gerona. 



3 Living in the upper valley of the river Sicoris or Segre, w^hich still 

 retains, from them, the name of Cerdague. 



* The people of the modem Navarre and Guipuzcoa. 



* In the later writers Barcelo, now Barcelona. It was said to have 

 been originally founded by Hercules, and afterwards rebuilt by Hamilcar 

 Barcas, who gave it the name of his family. Its name as a Roman colony 

 was Colonia Faventia Julia Augusta Pia Barcino. The modern city 

 stands somewhat to the east of the ancient one. 



* The modem Badalona, two leagues from Barcelona. 



^ On the sea-shore, — the present Pineda. 8 jf ow the Tordera. 



9 The modem city of Blanos stands on its site. 

 i» Probably the present Ter or Tet. 



II The modem Ampuriaa. We learn from Strabo that a wall divided 

 the town of the Greeks from that of the old inhabitants. It was the 

 usual landing-place for travellers from Gaul. It was originally colonized 

 by the Phocseans from MassiUa or Marseilles. 



12 Hardouin says that the Ticher or Tichis is the same with the modem 

 Ter, but in such case Pliny would have mentioned it before coming to Em- 

 porise. Its present name however does not appear to be accurately known. 



13 A promontory extending from the Pyrensean chain, on which a 

 temple of Yenus was situate. It is now called Cabo de Cruz. The 

 distance mentioned by PUny is probably too great. 



1^ The people of the present Tortosa. 



1* Probably not the same people as the Edetani, in whose district Sa- 

 guntum and Valencia were situate. i® The people of Gerunda or Gerona. 



