[3341] Its ruins are south of the modern Bona. It received the name of Regius or ‘Royal’ from being the residence of the Numidian kings. It was also famed as being the see of St. Augustine. It was a colony of Tyre, and stood on the bay now forming the Gulf of Bona. It was one of the most flourishing cities of Africa till it was destroyed by the Vandals A.D. 430.
[3342] Now the Mafragg, according to Mannert.
[3343] Still called Tabarca, according to Hardouin.
[3344] Now the Zaina, according to Marcus.
[3345] For the character of the Numidian marble, see Pliny, B. xxxvi. c. 7.
[3346] Extending from the river Tusca, or Zaina, to the northern frontiers of Byzacium. It corresponds with the Turkish province or beylik of Tunis.
[3347] He says this not only to distinguish it from Africa, considered as one-third of the globe, but also in contradistinction to the proconsular province of the Roman empire of the same name, which contained not only the province of Zeugitana, but also those of Numidia, Byzacium, and Tripolis.
[3348] Candidum: now Ras-el-Abiad.
[3349] The references to this headland identify it with Cape Farina, or Ras Sidi Ali-al-Mekhi, and not, as some have thought, the more westerly Cape Zibeeb or Ras Sidi Bou-Shoushe. Shaw however applies the name of Zibeeb to the former.
[3350] Now Cape Bon, or Ras-Addar.