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of 160 miles from it is the Sacred Promontory \ projecting 

 from nearly the very middle of the front* of Spain. From 

 this spot to the middle of the Pyrenees, Varro says, is a 

 distance of 1400 miles ; while to the Anas, by which we 

 have mentioned^ Lusitania as being separated from Baetica, 

 is 126 miles, it being 102 more to Uades. 



The peoples are the Celtici, the Turduli, and, about the 

 Tagiis, the Vettones*. From the river Anas to the Sacred 

 Promontory* are the Lusitani. The cities worthy of men- 

 tion on the coast, beginning from the Tagus, are that of 

 Olisipo^ famous for its mares, which conceive' from the 

 west wind; Salacia^ which is sumamed the Imperial 

 City ; Merobrica^ ; and then the Sacred Promontory, witli 

 the other known bv the name of Cuneus'®, and the towns of 

 Ossonoba", Balsa'-, and Myrtili''. 



The whole of this province is divided into three jurisdic- 

 tions, those of Emerita, Pax, and Scalabis. It contains in 

 all forty-six peoples, among whom there are five colonies, 



* Now Cape St. Vincent. 



* Pliny continues his error here, in taking part of the western side of 

 Spain for tlie north, and part of the southern coast for the western. 



3 B. iii. c. 2. 



* With the Vettones, situate in the province of the Alentejo. See 

 B. iii. c. 3. 



* In the present province of Algarve. 



^ Now Lisbon. Both Strabo, SoUnus, and Martianns Capella make 

 mention of a story that Ulysses came to Spain and founded this city. 



7 See B. viii. c. 67 of the present work. 



^ According to Hardouin, followed by D'AnvUle and Uckert, this 

 place gives name to Alcazar do Sal, nearly midway between Evora and 

 the sea-shore. Mannert says Setuval, which D'Anville however supposes 

 to be the ancient Cetobriga. 



9 On its site stands Santiago de Cacem, nearly midway between Lisbon 

 and Cape St. Vincent. 



^•^ Or the " Wedge," generally supposed to be Cabo de Santa Maria. 

 Ansart however thinks that it is the Punta de Sagres, near Capo St. 

 Vincent. Pliny's words indeed seem to imply a closer proximity than 

 that of Capes St. Vincent and Santa Maria. 



" According to Hardouin, the modem Estombar; according to 

 D'Anville, in the vicinity of Faro ; but ten leagues from that place, ac- 

 cording to Mannert. 



^2 Hardouin and D'Anville are of opinion that Tavira occupies 

 its site. 



^ Now Mertola, on the river Guadiana. 



