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TM Geo 12628
Italy (Sicilia)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: Sicilia, MelitaThe provincia ca. 200 AD - modern region: Sicilia - located near Messana (Messina) (TM Geo 3578) - cf. Sicilia (TM Geo 2132); Tauromenion (Taormina) (TM Geo 22322)
Links: Pleiades, Pleiades [2], RIB, ToposText, Wikipedia
Status: sea: fretum; pelagos
Greek name(s): Σικελικόν πέλαγος - Χάρυβδις
Latin name(s): fretum Siculum - fretum Siciliae - Scyllaeus fretus - Tauromenitani euripi
Ethnic(s): Fretensis - Phretensios
Modern name(s): Straits of Messina
Variants: Fretum Siculum - Tauromenitani Euripi - Straits of Messina - Charybdis - Scyllaeus Fretus - Cariddi (whirlpool)
Map: Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 47 H2 (Siculum Fretum); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 47 H2 (Charybdis)