238 STRABO. CASATJB. 158. besides crafty in their manner, devoid of sincerity, insidious, and predatory in their mode of life ; they are bold in little adventures, but never undertake any thing of magnitude, inasmuch as they have never formed any extended power or confederacy. If they had had but the will to assist each other, neither could the Carthaginians by making an incursion have hem of the greater part nor before__lhejn the Tvians, then Jjie Kelts, now called the ^^^^^Mi"^*. so easily depriyejLthem of the greater part of their country, Keltiberians and Berones, nor after these the brigand Viria- thus, and Sertorius, 1 nor any others who desired power. On this account the Romans, having carried the war into Iberia, lo^muchjtime by reason of the number of different sovereignties, having to conguer^first^one, tben^an other ; in fact, it occjirjiejljnejirj^^ or even longer, before they had gubdued the whole. I return to my description. ><- 6. After Abdera 2 is New_Carthage, 3 founded by Asdrubal, ""*- who ^succeededJBarca s, tEe father QJLHannibal. It is by for the most powerful^ city of this country, being impregnable, and furnished with a noble wall, harbours, and a lake, besides the silver mines already mentioned. The places in the vicinity have an abundance of salted_fish, and it is besides the great emporium of the sea merchandise for the interior, and like- wise for the merchandise from the interior for exportation. About midway along the coast between this city and the Ebro, we meet with the outlet of the river Xucar, 4 and a city bearing the same name. 5 It rises in a mountain belonging to the chain which overlooks Malaca, 6 and the regions around Carthage, and may be forded on foot ; it is nearly parallel to the Ebro, but not quite so far distant from Carthage as from the Ebro. Between the XjJcaTand^Carth age are three f small^ towns of the~peop^or^Iarseilles, not i'ar from thel v "~rivei Of these thlTbest lEnown is He^i^rcs^opiumJ On the T/ promontory there is a^templejto Diana of Ejphesus, held in c" ~^ great veneration. Sertorius used it as an arsenal, convenient to the sea, both on account of its being fortifiecTand fitted for piratical uses, and because it is visible from a great distance 1 Sertorius, on the return of Sylla to Rome, took refuge in Spain, where he put himself at the head of the Romans who had revolted against the republic ; he was assassinated by one of his officers. 2 Adra. 3 Carthagena. 4 Sucro. 5 That is, the ancient name, Sucro. 6 Malaga". r Denia or Artemus.
