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colony founded under Augustus by tlie second legion, and 
Grunugum\ another colony founded by the same emperor, a 
praetorian cohort being established there ; the Promon- 
tory of Apollo^, and a most celebrated city, now called 
Csesarea^, but formerly known by the name of lol ; this 
place was the residence of King Juba, and received the 
rights of a colony from the now deified Emperor Claudius. 
Oppidum JN'ovum'^ is the next place ; a colony of veterans 
was established here by command of the same emperor. 
'Next to it is Tipasa^, which has received Latin rights, as 
also Icasium^, which has been presented by the Emperor 
Yespasianus with similar rights ; Rusconise'^, a colony 
founded by Augustus ; Eusucurium^, honoured by Clau- 
dius with the rights of !Roman citizens ; jRuzacus^, a colony 
founded by Augustus ; Salde^^, another colony founded 
by the same emperor ; Igilgili^\ another ; and the town of 
^ Ptolemy and Antoninus place this colony to the east of the Pro- 
montory of Apollo, and not the west as Plmy does. 
2 The present Cape Mestagan. 
3 According to Dupinet and Mannert, the modern Tenez occupies its 
site, Zershell according to Hardouin and Shaw, Yacur according to 
D'Anville and Ansart, and Algiers according to others. It is suggested 
by Marcus that the name lol is derived from the Arabic verb gaUa, " to 
be noble" or "famous." There is no doubt that the magnificent ruins 
at Zershell are those of lol, and that its name is an abbreviation of 
Csesarea lol. Or New Town. 
* Scylax calls it Thapsus ; Ammianus Marcellinus, Tiposa. According 
to Mannert it was situate in the vicinity of the modern Damas. 
6 Or Icosium. It has been identified by inscriptions discovered by 
the French as standing on the same site as the modern Algiers. D'Anville, 
Mannert and others identify it with Scherchell or Zershell, thus placing 
it too far west. Mannert was evidently misled by an error in the Anto- 
nine Itinerary, whereby all the places along this coast are, for a con- 
siderable distance, thrown too far to the west ; the researches however 
which followed the French conquest of the country have revealed inscrip- 
tions which completely set the question at rest. 
7 According to Mannert, this was situate on the modern Cape Ai'batel. 
Marcus thinks that the Hebrew ros, or Arab rasy "a rock," enters into 
the composition of the word. 
s IS'ow Hur according to D'Anville, Colcah according to Mannert. 
^ The modern Acor, according to Marcus. 
10 ij^jie modern Pedeles or Delys, according to Ortellius and Mannert, 
Tedles according to D'Anville. 
" The modern Jigeh or Q^igeri. It was probably in ancient times the 
emporium of the surrounding coimtry. 
