Strato of Lampsacus (c. 335- c. 270) was a leading philosopher of his day. Strabo quotes Strato regarding the breaching of a dam or isthmus at what is now the Strait of Gibraltar. He states that a cataclysm led to the break-up of the barrier leading to the inflow of the Atlantic into the present Mediterranean… His comments were echoed by Seneca who spoke of Spain being torn away from Africa by earthquakes.