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According to his description it is much inferior in fertility to the cultivated parts of Europe and Asia, and suffering extremely from severe drought; yet he makes mention of a few spots, such as Cinyps, and the high tract Cyrene, which, undergoing the process of irrigation, may stand comparison with the richest portions of the globe.
The neighbourhood is rich in palm-groves and olive-groves, and the Cinyps region, regarded by Herodotus as the most fertile in North Africa, lies at no great distance to the east. Ten miles east, and a little south of Leptis Minor, was Thapsus, a small town, but one of great strength, famous as the scene of Julius Caesar's great victory over Cato.
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