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Rhapta

τὰ Ῥαπτά). A port on the eastern coast of Africa, the capital of Barbaria or Azania. It was the southernmost seaport known to the ancients, and was situated on the river Rhaptus (Ptol.i. 9, 1).

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    • Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, 1.9
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