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In laying out the ground plan of the intended city, he divided the whole into plots or squares of 4095 toises each , and allotted a quarter of each square as the scite of a house for each citizen, which plan has been followed in laying out all the other cities in Chili.
It cannot be doubted that the Carthaginians drew from it all the wealth, in various shapes, which it could possibly supply; and yet we know that in the short space of nine years, 111,542 pounds weight of silver, 4095 of gold, besides coin, were brought out of it by the Roman praetors, who governed it.
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