Baal
Place
Civil War 2.25 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “Reconnoitring this place, Curio sees the camp of Varus joined on to the wall and town near the so-called gate of Baal, strongly protected by the nature of the ground—on one side by the town of Utica itself, on the other by the amphitheatre in front of the town, the substructions of this work being very large, rendering approach to the camp difficult and …”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Civil War 2.25
Caesar
Reconnoitring this place, Curio sees the camp of Varus joined on to the wall and town near the so-called gate of Baal, strongly protected by the nature of the ground—on one side by the town of Utica itself, on the other by the amphitheatre in front of the town, the substructions of this work being very large, rendering approach to the camp difficult and narrow. …