place
Chersonesus Thracius
Chersonese
also: Chersonese, Chersonesum, Gallipoli peninsula
The Thracian Chersonese (modern Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey), a strategically vital land-bridge between Europe and Asia; in 43 BC it was the scene of Dolabella's attempted military moves against Brutus's forces.
Reading notes
- Ad M. Brutum 1.2 §1 the Chersonese
The Thracian Chersonese (modern Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey), the narrow strip of land separating the Aegean from the Hellespont; in 43 BC it lay within the theatre of operations between Dolabella (Asia) and Brutus (Macedonia).