# Naturalis Historia 5.66

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

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66] Iuxta Syria litus occupat, quondam terrarum maxuma et plurimis distincta nominibus. namque Palaestine vocabatur qua contingit Arabas, et Iudaea et Coele, dein Phoenice et qua recedit intus Damascena, ac magis etiamnum meridiana Babylonia, eadem Mesopotamia inter Euphraten et Tigrin quaque transit Taurum Sophene, citra vero eam Commagene et ultra Armeniam Adiabene, Assyria ante dicta, et ubi Ciliciam attingit Antiochia.

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