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.
The Maghreb (Ø§ÙÙØºØ±Ø¨ Ø§ÙØ¹Ø±Ø¨Ù al-MaÄ¡rib al-Ê¿ArabÄ«; also rendered Maghrib, or sometimesâthough rarelyâ Moghreb) is a collection of countries within what is commonly termed Northern Africa.The area lies along the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.he Maghreb is primarily defined through a series of physical geographic features that separate the area from the rest of Africa. The first feature to shape the Maghreb is the Atlas Mountain Range, which define the region's northern border.