CHAPTER IV

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PROSPERITY OF THE BASIN OF THE MEDITERRANEAN BEFORE THE PUNIC WARS.

I. COMMERCE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 104

II. NORTHERN AFRICA 105

III. SPAIN 110

IV. SOUTHERN GAUL 114

V. LIGURIA, CISALPINE GAUL, VENETIA, AND ILLYRIA 115

VI. EPIRUS 118

VII. GREECE 119

VIII. MACEDONIA 124

IX. ASIA MINOR 126

X. KINGDOM OF PONTUS 127

XI. BITHYNIA 130

XII. CAPPADOCIA 131

XIII. KINGDOM OF PERGAMUS 132

XIV. CARIA, LYCIA, AND CILICIA 135

XV. SYRIA 137

XVI. EGYPT 143

XVII. CYRENAICA 146

XVIII. CYPRUS 147

XIX. CRETE 148

XX. RHODES 148

XXI. SARDINIA 151

XXII. CORSICA 152

XXIII. SICILY 152

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