[79] XIX. Hippo--"It is not Hippo Regius" (now called _Bona_) "that is meant, but another Hippo, otherwise called _Diarrhytum_ or _Zarytum_, situate in Zengitana, not far from Utica. This is shown by the order in which the places are named, as has already been observed by Cortius." _Kritzius_. [80] Leptis--There were two cities of this name. Leptis Major, now _Lebida_, lay between the two Syrtes; Leptis Minor, now _Lempta_, between the smaller Sytis and Carthage. It is the latter that is meant here, and in c. 77, 78. [81] Next to the Catabathmos--_Ad Catabathmon_. _Ad_ means, on the side of the country toward the Catabathmos. "Catabathmon _initium_ ponens Sallustius ab eo _discedit_." Kritzius. [82] Along the sea-coast--_Secundo mari_. "Si quis secundum mare pergat" _Wasse._ [83] Of Therseans--_Theraeon_. From the island of Thera, one of the Sporades, in the Aegean Sea, now called _Santorin_. Battus was the leader of the colony. See Herod., iv. 145; Strab., xvii. 8; Pind. Pyth., iv. [84] Two Syrtes--See c. 78. [85] Leptis--That is, _Leptis Major_. See above on this c. [86] Altars of the Philaeni--see c. 79. [87] To the south of Numidia--_Super Numidiam_. "Ultra Numidiam, meridiem versus." _Burnouf_. [88] Had lately possessed--_Novissimè habuerant_. In the interval between the second and third Punic wars. [89] XXI. Both armies took up, etc.--I have omitted the word _interim_ at the beginning of this sentence, as it would be worse than useless in the translation. It signifies, _during the interval before the armies came to an engagement_; but this is sufficiently expressed at the termination of the sentence. [90] Cirta--Afterward named _Sittianorum Colonia_, from P. Sittius Nucerinus (mentioned in Cat., c. 21), who assisted Caesar in the African war, and was rewarded by him with the possession of this city and its lands. It is now called _Constantina_, from Constantine the Great, who enlarged and restored it when it had fallen into decay. Strabo describes it, xvii. 3. [91] Twilight was beginning to appear--_Obscuro etiam tum lumine_. Before day had fairly dawned. [92] Romans--_Togatorum_. Romans, with, perhaps, some of the allies, engaged in merchandise, or other peaceful occupations, and therefore wearing the _toga_. They are called _Italici_ in c. 26. [93] Three young men--_Tres adolescentes_. Cortius includes these words in brackets, regarding them as the insertion of some sciolist. But a sciolist, as Burnouf observes, would hardly have thought of inserting _tres adolescentes_. The words occur in all the MSS., and are pretty well confirmed by what is said below, c. 25, that when the senate next sent a deputation, they took care to make it consist of _majores natu, nobiles_. See on _adolescens_, Cat., c. 38.