Ruined cities within Numidian and Carthaginian territories (1862)
Davis, N. (Nathan), 1812-1882 · London : J. Murray · leaf 144
to be executed with a club, now marched with onlyfive hundred veterans to the relief of Thala, and forced theNumidian to raise the siege. The site, as well as the remains of Thala, answer to thedescription Sallust gives of it. It has every appearance ofhaving been a strong place. It was built on… … ITS MODERN POPULATION. 121 regular streets can be traced ; but, besides the dilapidatedmausoleum, to the left of the road as we approach, we meetv\dth no standing remains. Among the prostrate, and shat-tered, traces of the works of its former inhabitants areseveral sarcophagi. In the walls of the…
Extinct cities · Inscriptions, Latin
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