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Book IV, Chapter 3

Location of Africa
(from the Second Map of Libya)

The west side of Africa is terminated by Mauritania Caesariensis on the line established by the Ampsagas river; the northern side is terminated by that part of the African sea which extends from the Ampsagas river to the Syrtis Major; of this northern side the following is a description:

After the mouth of the Ampsagas river:

Syrtis Minor:

Syrtis Major:

Below which altars of the same name terminate Africa.

The eastern side, beginning at the bend in the Syrtis, is bounded by the line which runs southward along Cyrenaica

The southern line, which extends along Gaetulia and the desert of Libya, unites the two termini.

In this province are many celebrated mountains,

The Cirtesi and the Nabathrae dwell in the western parts of Africa near the ocean; next, toward the east, are the Ionti in Numidia or the New Province extending as far as Thabraca; then the Mideni and the peoples dwelling in the Carthaginian region below whom are the Libyphoenices; then the Machyni to the Syrtis Minor; and below these are Cinithi, and the Nigitimi extending toward the east as far as the Cinyphus river and along the same river are the Lotophagi; then the Samamyci next to the Syrtis Major and near these the Nyepi, below whom are the Elaeones. Next toward the south from Cirtesii and Numidia, below the Audus mountains are the Musulami, below whom are the Nattabutes, then the Nisibes, and below the Mideni the Mididi, below whom are the Musuni; then below the Thammes mountains are the Saburbures, below whom are the Haliardi and the Campus Sittaphius. From Libyphoenicia toward the south is the region of the Bazaciti below which the Zutae, then the Cerophaei and the Mampsari above the Mampsarus mountains, and below these mountains are the Motuturi. Below the Machyni are the Machryes, then the Gephes, next to these the Mimaces, and below the Usalaetus mountains the Uzalae where the Libyan desert begins. Below the Cinithi are the Ogiplosi, then the Achaemenes, then the Muturgures; below these the Muchthusi; below the Nigitimi are the Astacures, and below the Lotophagi the Eropaei, and next the Dolopes, below whom are the Erebidae; and below the Samamuci are the Damensi and then the Nygbeni, below whom are the Nycpi; then below the Cinyphi and the Elaeones is Macae Syrtitae and the Libyan desert.

The towns in this interior province between the Ampsagas river and the city Thabraca are:

In Cirtesii

In Numidia

Between the town Thabraca and the Bagradas river

Between the river Bagradas and the river Triton, and below Carthage are

Below the town Adrumetum

Between the two Syrtes are these towns:

Islands along the coast of Africa, and which are near the coast:

Lotophagitis islands in which are these towns:

In the high seas are the African islands:

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