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The History of Rome, Book IV

CHAPTER I
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That this Phoenician word signifies a basin excavated in a circular shape, is shown both by Diodorus (iii.

44), and by its being employed by the Greeks to denote a "cup." It thus suits only the inner harbour of Carthage, and in that sense it is used by Strabo (xvii.

2, 14, where it is strictly applied to the admiral's island) and Fest.Ep.v.

-cothones-, p.37.

Appian (Pun.


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