[258] Diodorus Siculus, XX. 17.

[259] Pliny, Natural History, V. iii. 24.

[260] Scylax of Caryanda, Periplus, p. 49. edit. Hudson.

[261] Polybius, XII. 3.

[262] Titus Livius, XXXIV. 62.

[263] 58,200 francs (£2,328). (Titus Livius, XXII. 31.)

[264] Sallust, Jugurtha, xix.

[265] Pliny, citing this fact, throws doubt upon it. (Natural History, V. i. 8.)—See the Periplus of Hanno, in the collection of the minor Greek geographers.

[266] Strabo, III. v. § 3.

[267] Strabo, III. ii. § 1.