Book 16
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As we call the country Babylonia, so we call the people Babylonians, not from the name of the city, but of the country; the case is not precisely the same, however, as regards even natives of Seleuceia, as, for instance, Diogenes, the stoic philosopher [who had the appellation of the Babylonian, and not the Seleucian].Cicero de Nat. Deor. i. § 5.
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At the distance of 500 stadia from Seleuceia is Artemita, a considerable city, situated nearly directly to the east, which is the position also of Sitacene.Descura. D’Anville. This extensive and fertile tract of country lies between Babylon and Susiana, so that the whole road in travelling from Babylon to Susa passes through Sitacene. The road from SusaSus. into the interior of Persis, through the territory of the Uxii,Asciac part of Khosistan. and from Persis into the middle of Carmania,Kerman. leads also towards the east.
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Persis, which is a large country, encompasses Carmania on the [west]Groskurd here supposes an omission by the copyist of the words ἑσπέοͅαν καί ποͅὸς before ἄοͅκτον. and north. Close to it adjoin Paraetacene,Paraetacene, Cossaea, and Elymaïs occupied the mountainous parts of Irak Adjami. and the Cossaean territory as far as the Caspian Gates, inhabited by mountainous and predatory tribes. Contiguous to Susiana is Elymaïs, a great part of which is rugged, and inhabited by robbers. To Elymaïs adjoin the country about the ZagrusAïaghi-dagh. and Media.Media extended partly into Irak Adjami, and partly into Kurdistan.
