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secuta aetas propiorem cursum tutioremque iudicavit, si ab eodem promunturio sigerum portum indiae peteret,
diuque ita navigatum est, donec conpendia invenit mercator lucroque india admota est: quippe omnibus annis navigatur, sagittariorum cohortibus inpositis; etenim piratae maxime infestabant. nec pigebit totum cursum ab aegypto exponere, nunc primum certa notitia patescente: digna res, nullo anno minus hs [30d]30 imperii nostri exhauriente india et merces remittente, quae apud nos centiplicato veneant. mm p. ab alexandria abest oppidum iuliopolis; inde navigant nilo coptum [cccviiii] p., qui cursus etesiis flantibus peragitur xii diebus. a copto camelis itur, aquationum ratione mansionibus dispositis: prima appellatur hydreuma [xxxii], secunda in monte diei itinere, tertia in altero hydreumate a copto [lxxxv], deinde in monte; mox ad hydreuma apollinis a copto [clxxxiiii], rursus in monte; mox ad novum hydreuma a copto [ccxxxvi]. est et aliud hydreuma vetus - trogodyticum nominatur - , ubi praesidium excubat deverticulo duum milium; distat a novo hydreumate [vii]. inde berenice oppidum, ubi portus rubri maris, a copto [cclvii] p. sed quia maior pars itineris conficitur noctibus propter aestus et stativis dies absumuntur, totum a copto berenicen iter
duodecimo die peragitur. navigare incipiunt aestate media ante canis ortum aut ab exortu protinus veniuntque tricesimo circiter die ocelim arabiae aut canen turiferae regionis. est et tertius portus qui vocatur muza, quem indica navigatio non petit nec nisi turis odorumque arabicorum mercatores. intus oppidum, regia eius, appellatur sapphar, aliudque save. indos autem petentibus ultilissimum est ab oceli egredi; inde vento hippalo navigant diebus xl ad primum emporium indiae muzirim. non expetendum propter vicinos piratas, qui optinent locum nomine nitrias, neque est abundans mercibus; praeterea longe a terra abest navium statio, lintribusque adferuntur onera et egeruntur. regnabat ibi, cum proderem haec, caelobothras. alius utilior portus gentis neacyndon, qui vocatur becare. ibi regnabat pandion, longe ab emporio in mediterraneo distante oppido quod vocatur modura. regio autem, ex qua piper monoxylis lintribus becaren convehunt, vocatur cottonara. quae omnia gentium portuumve aut oppidorum nomina apud neminem priorum reperiuntur, quo apparet mutari locorum status. ex india renavigant mense aegyptio tybi incipiente, nostro decembri, aut utique mechiris
aegyptii intra diem sextum, quod fit intra idus ianuarias nostras: ita evenit ut eodem anno remeent. navigant autem ex india vento volturno et, cum intravere rubrum mare, africo vel austro. nunc revertemur ad propositum.
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- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), APOLLINO´POLIS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CYNAMOLGI
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), ELEPHANTO´PHAGI
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), EUONYMI´TAE
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