[2395] Mare-piccolo.
[2396] Or twelve miles and a half. This computation does not agree with modern measurements, which reckon the circuit at sixteen miles. See Swinburne’s Travels, tom. i. sect. 32. Gagliardi, Topogr. di Taranto.
[2397] In the year 213 or 212 B. C.
[2398] B. C.209.
[2399] It is said the pictures and statues taken on this occasion were nearly as numerous as those found at Syracuse.
[2400] That which commenced about 743 B. C.
[2401] I have here translated τοῖς τοῦ δήμου and οἱ τοῦ δήμου by “free citizens”. Several notes have been written on the exact meaning of the words, but I am not satisfied that we understand it properly. It might perhaps mean those appointed to the chief rule of the state by the constitution.
[2402] There is little doubt that this passage is corrupt.
[2403] κυνέη, a leathern cap or hat, a helmet, &c. See also page 426.
[2404] About eight miles to the east or south-east of Taranto, upon the coast, we find a place named Saturo. In this place the country open to the south presents the most agreeable aspect. Sheltered from the north wind, and watered by numerous running streams, it produces the choicest fruits, oranges, citrons, lemons, pomegranates, figs, and all manner of garden produce, with which Taranto is abundantly supplied. Ant. de Ferrar. Galat. de sit. Iapyg. edit. nell. Raccolt. d’ Opusc. sc. et philol. tom. vii. p. 80.