Stelle 69 Hispania uniuersa terrarum situ ...; (Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII (417 - 418), Lib. 1, Cap. 2, 69-74 (pp. 29-31, trans. Fear, p. 44)) [5820]

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Text Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII (417 - 418) Orosius
Quotation 69 Hispania uniuersa terrarum situ trigona est et circumfusione oceani Tyrrhenique pelagi paene insula efficitur. 70 huius angulus prior, spectans ad orientem, a dextris Aquitanica prouincia, a sinistris Balearico mari coartatus, Narbonensium finibus inseritur. 71 Secundus angulus circium intendit; ubi Brigantia Gallaeciae ciuitas sita altissimam pharum et inter pauca memorandi operis ad speculam Britanniae erigit. 72 Tertius angulus eius est, qua Gades insulae, intentae in Africum, Athlantem montem interiecto sinu oceani prospiciunt. 73 Hispaniam citeriorem ab oriente incipientem Pyrenaei saltus a parte septentrionis usque ad Cantabros Asturesque deducit atque inde per Vaccaeos et Oretanos, quos ab occasu habet, posita in Nostri maris litore Carthago determinat. 74 Hispania ulterior habet ab oriente Vaccaeos, Celtiberos et Oretanos, a septentrione oceanum, ab occasu oceanum, a meridie Gaditanum oceani fretum; unde mare Nostrum, quod Tyrrhenum uocatur, inmittitur.
Translation 69. Spain in its entirety is triangular and is almost an island, being surrounded by the Ocean and Tyrrhenian Sea. 70. Its first angle, which looks to the east, joins onto the border of Narbonensis, being flanked by the province of Aquitania on the right and the Balearic Sea on the left. 71. The second angle stretches towards the north‑west, where the city of Brigantia, which lies in Gallaecia, has erected a very tall lighthouse looking out towards Britain – a work with which few can be compared. 72. Spain’s third angle lies where the islands of Cadiz, which face Africa, look across to Mount Atlas over a gulf of the Ocean. 73. Hispania Citerior begins at the Pyrenean Passes in the east. Its boundary extends westwards as far as the Cantabrians and Astures. From there its territory passes through the Vaccaei and Oretani, who lie on its western side, to its other boundary, the city of Carthage which lies on Our Sea. 74. Hispania Ulterior has the Vaccaei, Celtiberians, and Oretani to its east; the Ocean to its north; the Ocean to its west; and the ocean strait of Cadiz to its south, whence Our Sea, which is here called the Tyrrhenian Sea, has its inlet.
Quotation source Lib. 1, Cap. 2, 69-74 (pp. 29-31, trans. Fear, p. 44)
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