Chap. i. 3.
Now Bona; it was the home and burial-place of St. Augustine.
The Eruli, or Heruli, were one of the wildest and most corrupt of the barbarian tribes. They came from beyond the Danube. On their origin, practices, and character, see VI. xiv.
The Greek implies that the Tuscan Sea was stormy, like the Adriatic. The Syrtes farther east had a bad reputation.
About twelve miles west of Algiers, originally Iol, now Cherchel; named after Augustus.