Horace was probably also with Maecenas on one of Octavian's naval expeditions against the piratical Sextus Pompeius, which ended in a disastrous storm off Palinurus in 36 BC, briefly alluded to by Horace in terms of near-drowning.
A region of northern Africa generally considered to include the modern-day countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and often Sudan. North African adj. & n. n. (Placename) the part of Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara: consists chiefly of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and N Egypt.
North Africa and Southwest Asia! 1  There are 20 countries in this region. These countries consist of: Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Oman, United Arab, Emirates, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, Yemen,Israel, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. 2  Desert and steppe lands cover most of the land of North Africa and Saudi Arabia.