442 ® N Egypt and the N i l sr 



became fo ftrong a city, that the Greeks called it Rhome, or power { itfelj j bur 

 Romach, which all the Hindus place very far in the weft, was thus denomi- 

 nated, according to them, from Roma, or wool, becaufe its inhabitants wore 

 mantles, of woollen cloth 5. as the Greeks gave- the epithet imsfaitoisi from linen 

 vefture, to. the people of Egypt and to thofe eaftern nations, with whom they 

 were acquainted. Pliny fays, that the primitive name of Rome was ftudi- 

 ©ufly concealed by the Romans (a) ; but Augustlne informs us,, that it was 

 Febris: probably that word mould be written- Phoberis. About two gene- 

 rations before the Trojan war, the Pelafgi began to lofe their influence in the 

 weft, and Rome gradually dwindled into a place of little or no confequence y 

 but the old temple remained in it: according to the rules of grammatical deri- 

 vation,, it is more probable, that Romulus was thus named, becaufe he was 

 found, -when an infant* near the fite of old Rome, than that new Rome, which 

 lie rebuilt and reftored to power, fhould have been fo called from Romulus. 

 A certain Roman us, believed to be a fon of Ulysses, is by fome fuppofed 

 to have built Rome,, with. as. little reafon as Romulus ; if, indeed, they were 

 not the fame perfonage: Romanus, perhaps* was the king La tin us,, 

 whom He si ob mentions as very powerful y. but, whether he was the foreign 

 prince,, whofe daughter infpired A'lava'li with love, I cannot pretend- to 

 decide j. however, thefe inquiries relate to the dwip of Varaha-, and the fcope 

 of our work leads us back to that of Cusha. 



It is reafonable to. believe, that Aghahefam was the celebrated- and an- 

 cient city of Axum in the vicinity of the little Crjfhnd, or the AJlaboras of: 

 our old geographers,, now called Tacazze ; which according to Mr. Bruce,. 

 is the largeft river in AbyJJinia next to the Abay or Nile(b): it is alfo held" 



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