Hadrumetum
Place
Civil War 2.23 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “… The young L. Caesar, awaiting his arrival at Clupea with ten ships of war (which, having been laid up at Utica after the pirate war, P. Attius had caused to be repaired for the purpose of this war) being alarmed at the number of the ships, had fled from the high sea, and beaching his decked trireme on the nearest shore and leaving it there, had fled by land …”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Civil War 2.23
Caesar
… The young L. Caesar, awaiting his arrival at Clupea with ten ships of war (which, having been laid up at Utica after the pirate war, P. Attius had caused to be repaired for the purpose of this war) being alarmed at the number of the ships, had fled from the high sea, and beaching his decked trireme on the nearest shore and leaving it there, had fled by land to Hadrumetum, a town which G. Considius Longus was protecting with a garrison of one legion; and on his flight the rest of Caesar’s ships betook themselves to Hadrumetum. …
Geographical record
Pleiades representative point · precise
Hadrumetum/Iustinianopolis was an important ancient port in North Africa. Founded by the Phoenicians, the site pre-dated Carthage. Under Roman administration, the site prospered, and Trajan assigned it colonial status as Colonia Concordia Ulpia Trajana Augusta Frugifera Hadrumetina.
Pleiades 324716 · CC BY 3.0 · Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 33 G1 Hadrumetum/Iustinianopolis