place
the Pillars of Hercules
Pillars of Hercules
also: Columns of Hercules
The straits of Gibraltar at the western edge of the known world; Varro evokes Hannibal's army drawn from beyond them to magnify the alien threat.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 23 §5 the strait of Ocean and the Pillars of Hercules
The straits of Gibraltar at the western edge of the known world; Varro evokes Hannibal's army drawn from beyond them to magnify the alien threat.