# Naturalis Historia 5.5

Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Book 5. Latin.

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5] ab Lixo XL in mediterraneo altera Augusta colonia est Babba, Iulia Campestris appellata, et tertia Banasa LXXV p., Valentia cognominata. ab ea XXXV Volubile oppidum, tantundem a mari utroque distans. at in ora a Lixo L amnis Sububus, praeter Banasam coloniam defluens, magnificus et navigabilis. ab eo totidem milibus oppidum Sala, eiusdem nominis fluvio inpositum, iam solitudinibus vicinum elephantorumque gregibus infestum, multo tamen magis Autololum gente, per quam iter est ad montem Africae vel fabulosissimum Atlantem.

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