Естественная история

Книга III, гл. 8

8. (14) [86] Ve­rum an­te om­nes cla­ri­ta­te Si­ci­lia, Si­ca­nia Thu­cy­di­di dic­ta, Tri­nac­ria plu­ri­bus aut Tri­na­cia a trian­gu­la spe­cie, cir­cui­tu pa­tens, ut auc­tor est Ag­rip­pa, DCXVIII p., quon­dam Brut­tio ag­ro co­hae­rens, mox in­ter­fu­so ma­ri avul­sa, XV in lon­gi­tu­di­nem fre­to, in la­ti­tu­di­nem autem M·D p. iux­ta Co­lum­nam Re­giam. ab hoc de­his­cen­di ar­gu­men­to Rhe­gium Grae­ci no­men de­de­re op­pi­do in mar­gi­ne Ita­liae si­to.

[87] in eo fre­to est sco­pu­lus Scyl­la, item Cha­ryb­dis ma­re ver­ti­co­sum, am­bae cla­rae sae­vi­tia. ip­sius tri­quet­rae, ut di­xi­mus, pro­mun­tu­rium Pe­lo­rum vo­ca­tur ad­ver­sus Scyl­lam ver­gens in Ita­liam, Pachy­num in Grae­ciam, CCCCXL ab eo dis­tan­te Pe­lo­pon­ne­so, Li­ly­bae­um in Af­ri­cam CLXXX in­ter­val­lo a Mer­cu­ri pro­mun­tu­rio et a Ca­ra­li­ta­no Sar­di­niae CXC. in­ter se autem pro­mun­tu­ria ac la­te­ra dis­tant his spa­tiis: ter­re­no iti­ne­re a Pe­lo­ro Pachy­num CLXXVI, in­de Li­ly­bae­um CC, un­de Pe­lo­rum CCXLII.

[88] co­lo­niae ibi V, ur­bes aut ci­vi­ta­tes LXIII. a Pe­lo­ro ma­re Ioni­um ora spec­tan­te op­pi­dum Mes­sa­na ci­vium R., qui Ma­mer­ti­ni vo­can­tur, pro­mun­tu­rium Dre­pa­num, co­lo­nia Tau­ro­me­nium, quae an­tea Na­xos, flu­men Asi­nes, mons Aet­na, noc­tur­nis mi­rus in­cen­diis. cra­ter eius pa­tet am­bi­tu sta­dia vi­gin­ti; fa­vil­la Tau­ro­me­nium et Ca­ti­nam us­que per­ve­nit fer­vens, fra­gor ve­ro ad Ma­ro­neum et Ge­mel­los col­les.

[89] sco­pu­li tres Cyc­lo­pum, por­tus Vli­xis, co­lo­nia Ca­ti­na, flu­mi­na Sy­mae­thum, Te­rias. in­tus Laestry­go­ni cam­pi. op­pi­da Leon­ti­ni, Me­ga­ris, am­nis Pan­ta­gies, co­lo­nia Sy­ra­cu­sae cum fon­te Are­thu­sa, quam­quam et Te­me­ni­tis et Ar­chi­de­mia et Ma­gea et Cya­ne et Mi­li­chie fon­tes in Sy­ra­cu­sa­no po­tan­tur ag­ro, por­tus Naus­tath­mus, flu­men Elo­rum, pro­mun­tu­rium Pachy­num, a quo . . . fron­te Si­ci­liae flu­men Hyr­mi­num, op­pi­dum Ca­ma­ri­na, flu­vius Ge­las, op­pi­dum Ag­ra­gas, quod Ag­ri­gen­tum nostri di­xe­re,

[90] Ther­mae co­lo­nia, am­nes Acha­tes, Ma­za­ra, Hyp­sa, Se­li­nuus, op­pi­dum Li­ly­bae­um, ab eo pro­mun­tu­rium, Dre­pa­na, mons Eryx, op­pi­da Pan­hor­mum, So­luus, Hi­me­ra cum flu­vio, Cepha­loe­dis, Ha­lun­tium, Aga­thyr­num, Tyn­da­ris co­lo­nia, op­pi­dum My­lae et, un­de coe­pi­mus, Pe­lo­rias.

[91] in­tus autem La­ti­nae con­di­cio­nis Cen­tu­ri­pi­ni, Ne­ti­ni, Se­ges­ta­ni, sti­pen­dia­rii As­so­ri­ni, Aet­nen­ses, Agy­ri­ni, Aces­taei, Ac­ren­ses, Bi­di­ni, Ci­ta­ri­ni, Dre­pa­ni­ta­ni, Er­ge­ti­ni, Echet­lien­ses, Ery­ci­ni, En­tel­li­ni, Eg­gui­ni, Ge­la­ni, Ga­lac­te­ni, Ha­lae­si­ni, Hen­nen­ses, Hyb­len­ses, Her­bi­ten­ses, Her­bes­sen­ses, Her­bu­len­ses, Ha­li­cuen­ses, Had­ra­ni­ta­ni, Ima­ca­ren­ses, Icha­nen­ses, Iae­ten­ses, Mu­tustra­ti­ni, Ma­gel­li­ni, Mur­gen­ti­ni, Mu­ty­cen­ses, Me­nai­ni, Na­xi, Noi­ni, Pet­ri­ni, Pa­ro­pi­ni, Phin­tien­ses, Se­me­li­ta­ni, Sche­ri­ni, Se­li­nun­ti, Sy­mae­thii, Ta­la­ren­ses, Tis­sien­ses, Trio­ca­li­ni, Ty­ra­ci­nen­ses, Zanclaei Mes­se­nio­rum in Si­cu­lo fre­to sunt.

[92] In­su­lae in Af­ri­cam ver­sae Gau­los, Me­li­ta a Ca­ma­ri­na LXXXVII, a Li­ly­baeo CXIII, Cos­sy­ra, Hie­ron­ne­sos, Cae­ne, Ga­la­ta, Lo­pa­du­sa, Aethu­sa, quam alii Aegu­sam scrip­se­runt, Bu­cin­na et a So­lun­te LXXV Os­teo­des contra­que Pa­ro­pi­nos Vsti­ca. cit­ra ve­ro Si­ci­liam ex ad­ver­so Me­tau­ri am­nis XXV fer­me p. ab Ita­lia sep­tem Aeo­liae ap­pel­la­tae, eae­dem Li­pa­raeorum, Hephaes­tia­des a Grae­cis, a nostris Vol­ca­niae, Aeo­liae, quod Aeo­lus Ilia­cis tem­po­ri­bus ibi reg­na­vit.