place
Africa
Roman North Africa (the region around Carthage); also, more broadly, the continent's Mediterranean rim.
Reading notes
- Consolation to His Mother Helvia §7 Africa
Roman North Africa; settled by Tyrians (Phoenicians) and later the seat of the Punic wars.
- On Anger §1.11 Africa
The Carthaginian homeland; Scipio's cool strategic decision to attack there, ignoring the provocation of Hannibal in Italy.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §15.94.65 Africa
The Roman province of Africa (modern Tunisia and environs); one theatre of Pompey's far-flung campaigning.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §104.33 Africa
The Roman province of Africa (roughly modern Tunisia), theatre of the Pompeian last stand and of Cato's desert march to Utica in 46 BC.
- Natural Questions §3.6.2 Africa
The Roman province and continent south of the Mediterranean; its dry interior is offered as evidence in the rain-source debate.