Petra
Place
Civil War 3.42 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “Pompeius, being cut off from Dyrrachium, on failing to gain his purpose adopts the next best plan and entrenches a camp on a lofty spot called Petra, which allows a moderately good approach for ships and protects them from certain winds. …”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Civil War 3.42
Caesar
Pompeius, being cut off from Dyrrachium, on failing to gain his purpose adopts the next best plan and entrenches a camp on a lofty spot called Petra, which allows a moderately good approach for ships and protects them from certain winds. …
Geographical record
Pleiades representative point · rough
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 49 B2 Petra
Pleiades 481959 · CC BY 3.0 · Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 49 B2 Petra