. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. ORNAMENTS, EAK-RINGS, AND BELT OP GOLD.* amphitheatre, Numidian horses, precious woods, gold dust, ivory,negroes. Numidian marble, and agates, called by their Greek name,chalcedonies, of which costly cups and vases were made. We have already seen (Vol. III. chap. Ixii.) what was fur-nished by the Cyrenaïca. Behind this province ran the great ^ No. 1, a winged Genius, holding a crown under a rosette, all of gold ; No. 2, tlie chariotof the Sun over a crescent, and winged Victories resting upon a sort
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. ORNAMENTS, EAK-RINGS, AND BELT OP GOLD.* amphitheatre, Numidian horses, precious woods, gold dust, ivory,negroes. Numidian marble, and agates, called by their Greek name,chalcedonies, of which costly cups and vases were made. We have already seen (Vol. III. chap. Ixii.) what was fur-nished by the Cyrenaïca. Behind this province ran the great ^ No. 1, a winged Genius, holding a crown under a rosette, all of gold ; No. 2, tlie chariotof the Sun over a crescent, and winged Victories resting upon a sort of cupola ; No. 3, a swanin white enamel, hung from a gold rosette ; No. 4, fragment of a gold belt found at Ithaca(Saglio, Diet, des Ant. etc., figs. 965, 966, 968, 969). 228 AUGUSTUS, OK THE FOUXDATIOX OF THE EMPIRE. commercial highway which connected the east, south, and west ofAfrica. The huge caravan, setting out from Upper Egypt, traversed . the oases of Ammon ^- -?•^ (Syouah), Augila (Aud- jelah), and the Gara-mantes, where it foundtlie traders of Leptis,then travelled south-wa
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