 At five leagues' distance, towards the south-east, a little beyond the gulf and the lake of the Gullet, arose a city-, called in ancient times Tynis • or Tunissa,* of which Scipio made himself master before he attacked Carthage. Tunis had thriven by...  The History of the Crusades - Page 38by Joseph Fr. Michaud - 1853Full view - About this book
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