place
Mauretania
also: Mauretaniam
The far-western region of North Africa, beyond Numidia toward the Strait of Gibraltar. Cicero notes that Vatinius reached the strait by way of Mauretania in his unlawful African detour.
Reading notes
- For Publius Sulla §56 the king of Mauretania
Mauretania, a client kingdom in north-west Africa (roughly modern Morocco/western Algeria). Sittius had large loans outstanding there, the legitimate reason for his travels that Cicero offers against the charge of fomenting war.