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STRABO. CASATJB. 576. The Romans respected the city, and to this present time it en- joys freedom. A large territory belongs to it, some part of which it has held from the earliest times ; the rest was a gift of the Romans. Of the Troad they possess the parts beyond the JEsepus, namely, those about Zeleia and the plain of Adras- teia ; a part of the lake Dascylitis belongs to them, the other part belongs to the Byzantines. They also possess a large district near the Dolionis, and the Mygdonis, extending as far as the lake Miletopolitis, and the Apolloniatis. Through these countries runs the river Rhyndacus, which has its source in the Azanitis. Having received from Mysia Abrettene, among other rivers, the Macestus, 1 which comes 1 from Ancyra 2 in the Abaeitis, it empties itself into the Propontis at the island Besbicus. 3 In this island of the Cyziceni is the mountain Artace, well wooded, and in front of it lies a small island of the same name ; near it is the promontory Melas (or Black), as it is called, which is met with in coasting from Cyzicus to Priapus. 4 12. To Phrygian Epictetus belong the Azani, and the cities Nacoleia, Cotiaeium, 5 Midiaeium, Dorylseum, 6 and Cadi. 7 Some persons assign Cadi to Mysia. Mysia extends in the inland parts from Olympene to Perga- mene, and to the plain of Caicus, as it is called ; so that it lies between Ida and the Catacecaumene, which some place in Mysia, others in Maeonia. 1 3. Beyond the Epictetus to the south is the Greater Phry- gia, leaving on the left Pessinus, and the parts about Orcaorci, and Lycaonia, and on the right Maeones, Lydians, and Carians. In the Epictetus are Phrygia Paroreia, and the country to- ' wards Pisidia, and the parts about Amorium, 8 Eumeneia, 9 and Synnada. 10 Next are Apameia Cibotus, 11 and Laodiceia, 12 the largest cities in Phrygia. Around them lie the towns [and places], Aphrodisias, 13 Colossse, 14 Themisonium. 15 Sanaus, Metropolis, 16 Apollonias, and farther off than these, Peltae, Tabese, Eucarpia, and Lysias. 14. The Paroreia 17 has a mountainous ridge extending from east to west. "Below it on either side stretches a large plain, 1 Simau-Su. 2 Simau-Gol. 3 Imrali, or Kalo-limno. 4 Karabogher. 5 Kiutahia. 6 Eski-Schehr. ' Gedis. Hergan Kaleh. 9 Ischekli. 18 Afium-Karahissar. " Dinear. 12 lorghan-Ladik. l3 Geira. 14 Destroyed by an earthquake in the time of Nero, afterwards Konos. 14 Teseni. l8 Ballyk. 17 Sultan Dagh.