. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. e sulcat arenasBagrada, non uUo Libycis in finibus amneVictus limosas extendere latius undas, Et stagnante vado patulos involvere campos.—Sil. Ital. vi. 140. 300 AFEICA PEOPEIA. Book III. founded by the Phoenicians. The names alone sometimes indicatethis: as in the case of Carthage, from earth, a to^vn; Leptis, fishing station and Utica, ancient. Others, as Neapolis andHadrumetum, are known on other grounds to have belonged tothem. Aspis alone is doubtful, as its existence cannot be tracedearli
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. e sulcat arenasBagrada, non uUo Libycis in finibus amneVictus limosas extendere latius undas, Et stagnante vado patulos involvere campos.—Sil. Ital. vi. 140. 300 AFEICA PEOPEIA. Book III. founded by the Phoenicians. The names alone sometimes indicatethis: as in the case of Carthage, from earth, a to^vn; Leptis, fishing station and Utica, ancient. Others, as Neapolis andHadrumetum, are known on other grounds to have belonged tothem. Aspis alone is doubtful, as its existence cannot be tracedearlier than the time of Agathocles. Under the Carthaginians, themetropolis was Carthage. After its destruction Utica succeeded tothat position; and after the separation of Byzacium, Hadrumetumbecame the capital of the latter division. The towns appear to haveenjoyed a large degree of prosperity under the Romans, which theyretained until the entrance of the Yandals. The history of Car-thage is in reality prior to the existence of the Roman province ofAfrica, and therefore deserves a special Map of the site of Carthage. § 12. The city of Carthage stood on a peninsula on the W. sideof the Sinus Carthaginiensis between two bays, that on the S. beingthe present G. of Tunis, and that on the a lagoon, now called theSalt Lake of Sokra. The peninsula is formed by a line of elevatedground attaining the height of 300 ft. at its western, and 400 its eastern extremity, the two points being named (7. Camartand C. Carthage, Inland it slopes down and was contracted toan isthmus between the two bays. The circuit of the peninsula CHAP. XVI. CARTHAGE. 301 was about 30 miles. Great changes have been effected on its sitethrough the deposits of the river Bagradas : the northern bay hasbecome partly a higoon, and partly firm land; the southern bay,once a deep and open harbour, is now a lagoon about 6 ft. deep, andwith a very narrow entrance. The isthmus which connected thepeninsula with
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