Megisba Stagnum
natural · 30 BC – 300 AD
Pliny the Elder describes the "Megisba Stagnum" as an inland marsh or lake of Sri Lanka that has a circumference of 375 Roman miles. He says that from this wetland once flowed two rivers: one called Palaesimundus and the other called Cydara.
- Coordinates
- 10.00000, 80.00000
- Also known as
- stagnum Megisba (la)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)