Columnas Herculis

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔˈɫʊm.naːs ˈhɛr.kʊ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koˈlum.nas ˈɛr.ku.lis] === Proper noun === Columnās Herculis f pl accusative of Columnae Herculis (“the Pillars of Hercules”) c. 74 CE – 130 CE, Florus, Epitome of Roman History 1.22.147: Scīpiō, cui jam grande dē Āfricā nōmen Fāta dēcrēverant, bellātrīcem illam, virīs armīsque nōbilem Hispāniam, illam sēminārium hostīlis exercitūs, illam Hannibalis ērudītrīcem—incrēdibile dictū—tōtam ā Pȳrēnaeīs montibus in Herculis Columnās et Ōceanum recuperāvit, nesciās citius an fēlīcius. Scipio, to whom the Fates had already decreed a great name from Africa, recovered the whole of that warlike Spain, renowned for men and arms, that nursery of an enemy army, that teacher of Hannibal, from the Pyrenees Mountains to the Pillars of Hercules and the ocean — unbelievable to say, you wouldn't know whether he did it more quickly or successfully.