Jebel Musa

Description

The northern peaks of Jebel Musa, a mountain on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar that is usually identified as the southern Pillar of Hercules. They share toponomy with, and lie to the west of, the ancient settlement of Septem (modern Ceuta).

Evidence

• Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 5.18.2

  Plinius Secundus Maior, C. Naturalis Historiae. Edited by Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff. Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana. Lipsiae: Teubner, 1906. http://latin.packhum.org/loc/978/1/0.

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See Further

• BAtlas 28 D2 Septem Fratres M.

  Talbert, Richard J. A., ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43970336.

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• Roget 1938 72

  R Roget. Index de Topographie Antique Du Maroc. Publications Du Service Des Antiquités Du Maroc. Paris, 1938.
• Wikipedia (English) Jebel Musa (Morocco)

  Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit (2001-), Jebel Musa (Morocco).

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• Smith 1854 (Perseus) SEPTEM FRATRES

  Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: Murray, 1854. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064.

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