Syrtis - in ancient sources @ attalus.org

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Syrtis (Lesser Syrtis) - shallow water off the coast of Libya
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253/13 The Roman fleet escapes from the shoals of the Lesser Syrtis.
162/11 issa attempts to seize Lower Syrtis from the Carthaginians, and is
Within translations:
Aelian:NA_16.28 res that are nurtured by Syrtis, mother of sands, and well
Aelian:NA_17.6 says that round about Syrtis there are sea-monsters lar
Oros_1.2.90 on the east by the Lesser and the Lake of Salinae,
Plin:HN_5.35 to be beyond the Lesser Syrtis, is Phazania, where we have
Plin:HN_5.38 Cyrenaic Africa from the Lesser Syrtis to this boundary is 1060
Plin:HN_5.41 right-hand side of the Lesser Syrtis, at a distance of a
Plin:HN_5.25-28 * the edge of the Lesser Syrtis; from the Ampsaga to this
Plin:HN_6.136 inaccessible by mud, like the Lesser Syrtis as the rivers Brixa

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