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7 .-- M.] [Footnote 137: The description of Dara is amply and correctly given by Procopius, (Persic.l.i.c.10, l.ii.c.13.De Edific.l.ii.c.

1, 2, 3, l.iii.c.

5.) See the situation in D'Anville, (l'Euphrate et le Tigre, p.

53, 54, 55,) though he seems to double the interval between Dara and Nisibis.] [Footnote 1371: The situation (of Dara) does not appear to give it strength, as it must have been commanded on three sides by the mountains, but opening on the south towards the plains of Mesopotamia.
The foundation of the walls and towers, built of large hewn stone, may be traced across the valley, and over a number of low rocky hills which branch out from the foot of Mount Masius.