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A cry of horror rose from the people, and then stillness came again. "Take the woman away," said Prince Tabnit only, "she is speaking madness." "I am speaking the truth," said the woman clearly. "I was of Melita there are those here who will know my face. And it is not I alone who have served the State. I challenge you, Tabnit here, before them all! Where are Gerya and Ibera, Cabulla and Taura?
Rome's first open interference was in Ibera. Iberia had perhaps not been expressly named in the treaty, and support might consequently be given to the expelled Sauromaces without any clear infraction of its conditions. The duke Terentius was ordered, therefore, towards the close of A.D. 370, to enter Iberia with twelve legions and replace upon his throne the old Roman feudatory.
Full of anxiety and care on these accounts, they assembled their forces at the Iberus, and crossed the river; and after deliberating for some time whether they should encamp opposite to the enemy, or be satisfied with impeding his intended march by attacking the allies of the Carthaginians, they made preparations for besieging a city called Ibera, from its contiguity to the river, which was at that time the wealthiest in that quarter.
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