[2439] Οὐρία, MSS., but a note in the French translation explains that Strabo was quoting Herodotus from memory. We follow Kramer.
[2440] B. C.1353.
[2441] Brindisi.
[2442] About B. C.1323.
[2443] Great changes have taken place in this locality since Strabo’s description was drawn.
[2444] Torre d’ Agnazzo.
[2445] Ceglie, south of Bari.
[2446] Now Noja; but the identity of this place has been much canvassed.
[2447] Canosa.
[2448] Now Ordona, about twelve miles to the east of Æca, now Troja. Livy records the defeat of the Roman forces at this place in two successive years. Hannibal removed the inhabitants and fired the town, (Livy xxvii. 1,) but it was subsequently repaired, and is noticed by Frontinus as Ardona. Ptolemy and Silius Italicus, viii. 568, mention it as Herdonia—