Berenice Epideires (

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Strabo Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...

xvi. pp. 769, 773; Mela, iii. 8; Plin. vi. 34; Ptol. viii. 16. § 12), or "Berenice upon the Neck of Land", was a town on the western shore of the

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...

. It was located near the

Bab-el-Mandeb The Bab-el-Mandeb (Arabic: , , ) is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa. It connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Name The strait derives its name from the dangers attendin ...

strait, in modern-day

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. The settlement's position on a sandy spit or

promontory A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the so ...

was the cause of its distinctive appellation. Some authorities, however, attribute the name to the neighborhood of a more considerable town named Cape Deirê on the

Ras Siyyan Ras Siyyan or Ras Siyan ( ar, رأس سيان) is a peninsula in the Obock Region of Djibouti, on the Bab-el-Mandeb strait (between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden), about 20 km southwest of Perim Island. The peninsula consists of a reddish ...

peninsula.

Strabon Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...

mentions the mangroves that were found there on the

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Literature

Lionel Casson Lionel Casson (July 22, 1914 – July 18, 2009) was a classicist, professor emeritus at New York University, and a specialist in maritime history. He earned his B.A. in 1934 at New York University, and in 1936 became an assistant professor. He la ...

: ''The Periplus Maris Erythraei: text, translation, and commentary.'' Princeton University Press, Princeton N.J. 1989, . * Getzel M. Cohen: ''The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa.'' University of California Press, Berkeley Calif. 2006, . * George Fadlo Hourani: ''Arab seafaring in the Indian Ocean.'' Princeton University Press, Princeton N.J. 1951. * G. W. B. Huntingford (Hrsg.): ''The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, by an unknown author: with some extracts from Agatharkhides ‘On the Erythraean Sea’'' (= ''

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.'' 2nd series, Nr. 151). Hakluyt Society, London 1980. * Katja Mueller: ''Settlements of the Ptolemies: City foundations and new settlement in the Hellenistic World'' (= ''Studia Hellenistica.'' Band 43). Peeters, Leuven 2006, . * D. Schlingloff: ''Indische Seefahrer in römischer Zeit.'' In: Hermann Müller-Karpe (Hrsg.) ''Zur geschichtlichen Bedeutung der frühen Seefahrt.'' Beck, München 1982, , S. 51–82.

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* Port cities in Africa Roman towns and cities in Djibouti Ptolemaic colonies in the Red Sea Former populated places in Djibouti Ancient Greek geography of East Africa {{Ancient-Rome-stub