Note 175 Xeres (the Roman colony of Asta Regia) is only two leagues from Cadiz. In the sixteenth century it was a granary of corn; and the wine of Xeres is familiar to the nations of Europe (Lud. Nonii Hispania, c. 13, p. 54-56, a work of correct and concise knowledge; D'Anville, Etats de l'Eu-rope, etc. p. 154).]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 51