Lake Monoleus
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Lake Monoleus
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Lake Monoleus was a coastal feature mentioned by Pliny as being on the Red Sea Coast near Ptolemais Theron. The lake was probably a coastal lagoon. According to Pliny the city of Ptolemais Theron was situated adjacent to Lake Monoleus at a distance of 4820 stadia from Berenice and located in Æthiopia, though modern Eritrea is more probable. The lake must have been not connected to the Red Sea as the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea chapter 3 written notes that Ptolemais Theron had "no harbor, and
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2023-08-20T12:37:59Z
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