Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), FA´BARIS, FORUM LIVII, FRETUM GALLICUM

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FRETUM GALLICUM

FRETUM GALLICUM is a name which Solinus (100.25, ed. Steph.) gives to the straits which separate Gallia and Britannia. Tacitus (Agric. 100.40) calls it “Fretum Oceani.” It is the πορθμὸς Βρετανικός of Strabo (p. 128). Thus, in ancient times, both the countries which it separates gave this narrow sea a name; and it has no general name, for the English call it the Straits of Dover, and the French sometimes Pas de Calais.

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. William Smith, LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.

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