ARÆ PHILÆNON, or PHILÆNORUM (Strabo); to the south of the Syrtis Major; but in Peutinger more westerly, to the south almost of the Syrtis Minor. In Strabo's time, the altars were not extant, but a village of the same name stood on the spot. On a dispoſition about limits, between the Cyreneans and Carthaginians, it was agreed that two of each people should ſet out on the ſame day, and that where they ſhould happen to meet, there the limits of both ſhould be fixed. The Phileni, two brothers, Carthaginians, undertook it for Carthage: there, after having advanced a great many miles into the territory of the Cyreneans, were met by their antagoniſts; who, enraged at their being beforehand with them ſo far, gave them the option of either returning back, or of being buried alive on the ſpot. Like zealous patriots, they choſe the latter; and there the Carthaginians raiſed two altars in honour of the Phileni. (Salluſt, Valerius Maximus.)