place
Africa
also: Afrum litus
The North African coast where Carthage stands; its straits open and close to sailing by season.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §7 the African shore
The North African coast of Carthage, whose seasonal seas Dido knows and offers to time Aeneas's safe departure.
- The Festivals §13 Africa
Africa, source of the victory-cognomen Africanus (the Scipios).