Marius, with all expedition loosing thence, crossed the sea to the isle of meninx, where he first heard the news of his son's escape with Cethegus, and of his going to implore the assistance of Hiempsal, king of Numidia.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh
Cercina is a group of smaller islands above 50 miles north of meninx, now called the Karkenna islands.
"Plutarch's Lives, Volume II"
Aubrey Stewart & George Long