Res gestae 23.6.73

23.6.73

At in penitissima parte Persidos, Gedrosia est dextra terminos contingens Indorum, inter minores alios Arabio uberior flumine, ubi montes deficiunt Arbitani, quorum ex pedibus imis emergentes alii fluvii Indo miscentur, amittentes nomina magnitudine potioris. Civitates autem etiam hic sunt inclyta epraeter insulas, sed Ratira et Gynaecon limen meliores residuis aestimantur.

Now far within Persia lies Gedrosia, on the right reaching the frontiers of the Indi; it is made fertile by the Artabius, in addition to smaller streams. Here the Arbitani mountains come to an end, and from their bases flow other rivers, which mingle with the Indus, losing their names through the size of the greater stream. But here, too, there are famous cities, in addition to islands; but Ratira and Gynaecon limen are more highly esteemed than the rest.