<head>Mount Haemus in Thrace</head>Mount Haemus is close to the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pontus&groupId=910&placeId=1634">Pontus</a>, the most extensive<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note5">M. Haemus.<bibl n="Liv. 46.21" default="NO" valid="yes">Livy, 46, 21</bibl>.</note>and loftiest of the ranges in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Thrace&groupId=1030&placeId=509">Thrace</a>, which it divides into two nearly equal parts, from which a view of both seas may be obtained.<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note6">From Strabo (<bibl n="Strab. 7.5.13" default="NO" valid="yes">vii. 5, 13</bibl>), who adds: "But this is not true, for the distance from the Adriatic is immense, and there are many obstacles in the way to obscure the view."</note>
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