[72] More to the sun—sub sole magis. I have borrowed this expression from Rose. The Getulians were more southward.
[73] These soon built themselves towns—That is, the united Medes, Armenians, and Libyans.
[74] Medes—into Moors—Mauris pro Medis. A most improbable, not to say impossible corruption.
[75] Of the Persians—Persarum. That is, of the Persians and Getulians united.
[76] The two parties—Utrique. The older Numidians, and the younger, who had emigrated toward Carthage.
[77] Those who had spread toward our sea—for the Libyans are less warlike than the Getulians—Magis hi, qui ad nostrum mare processerant; quia Libyes quam Gaetuli minus bellicosi. The Persians and Getulians (under the name of Numidians), and their colonists, who were more toward the Mediterranean, and were more warlike than the Libyans (who were united with the Medes and Armenians) took from them portions of their territories by conquest. This is clearly the sense, as deducible from the preceding portion of the text.
[78] Lower Africa—Africa pars inferior. The part nearest to the sea. The ancients called the maritime parts of a country the lower parts, and the inland parts the higher, taking the notion, probably, from the course of the rivers. Lower Egypt was the part at the mouth of the Nile.
[79] XIX. Hippo—"It is not Hippo Regius" (now called Bona) "that is meant, but another Hippo, otherwise called Diarrhytum or Zarytum, situate in Zengitana, not far from Utica. This is shown by the order in which the places are named, as has already been observed by Cortius." Kritzius.
[80] Leptis—There were two cities of this name. Leptis Major, now Lebida, lay between the two Syrtes; Leptis Minor, now Lempta, between the smaller Sytis and Carthage. It is the latter that is meant here, and in c. 77, 78.
[81] Next to the Catabathmos—Ad Catabathmon. Ad means, on the side of the country toward the Catabathmos. "Catabathmon initium ponens Sallustius ab eo discedit." Kritzius.