Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Bazium

​ BAZIUM (Βάζιον ἄκρον, Ptol. iv. 5. § 8), a promontory which formed the southern extremity of Foul Bay (Sinus Immundus), and appears to be the modern Ras el Naschef. It was in lat 24° 5′ N., in the Regio Troglodytica, and was the northernmost projection of Aethiopia Proper on the coast of the Red Sea.

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