394 pLUfr's irATrBAL histobt. [Book y. 



of sand. On passing these, not far from the shore there is 

 a vast swamp ^ which receives the river Triton^ and from it 

 takes its name : by Callimachus it is called Pallantias^, and 

 is said by him to be on the nearer side of the Lesser Syrtis ; 

 many other ^Titers however place it between the two Syrtes. 

 The promontory which bounds the Greater Syrtis has the 

 name of Borion"* ; beyond it is the pro^'ince of Cyrene. 



Africa, from the river Ampsaga to this limit, includes 

 516 peoples, who are subject to the Eoman sway, of which 

 six are colonies; among them Uthina* and Tuburbi*, be- 

 sides those already mentioned. The towns enjoying the 

 riglits of Eoman citizens are fifteen in number, of which 

 I shall mention, as lying in the interior, those of Assura', 

 Abutucum, Aborium, Canopicum®, Cilma', Simithium, Thu- 

 nusidium, Tuburnicum, Tynidnmium, Tihiga, the two towns 

 called Ucita, the Greater and the Lesser, and Yaga. There 

 is also one town vrith. Latin rights, Uzalita by name, and 

 one town of tributaries, Castra Cornelia"'. The free towns 

 are thirty in number, among wliich we may mention, in the 

 interior, those of Acholla", Aggarita, Avina, Abzirita, Cano- 



respective territories with the people of Cyrene, submitted to be buried 

 alive in the sand, at the boundary-line between the two countries. Sal- 

 lust (Jugurthine War) is the main authority for the story. It is also 

 related by Pomponius Mela, B. i. c. 7, and Valerius Maxiraus, B. v, c. 6, 

 but from the Greek name of the brothers, meaning " lovers of praise," it 

 is doubtful whether the story is not of spurious origin. 



^ The Lake Tritonis mentioned in note ", p. 393. 



' Now called El Hammah, according to Shaw. 



' According to some accounts the goddess Pallas op Minerva was bom 

 on the banks of Lake Tritonis. 



* The modem Cape of Tajuni. 



* Now called Udina, according to Marcus. 



« Now called Tabersole, according to Marcus. 



7 In the north of Byzacium, near the Bagrada and the confines of 

 Nimiidia. It was the station of a Roman garrison, and considerable 

 remains of it are still visible near the modem Zanfour. 



8 Called Cannopissse by Ptolemy, who places it to the east of Tabraca. 

 ' There is great doubt as to the correct orthography of these places, 



most of which can be no longer identified. 



^0 According to Marcus the present Porto Tarina. 



^* Also called Achilla and Achidla, the ruins of which are to be seen at 

 the modem El Ahah. It stood on »the sea-coast of Byzacium, a little 

 above the northern extremity of the Lesser Syrtis. It was a colony from 

 the island of Melita, now Malta. 



