Seneca
Seneca (the Younger) (c. 4 BC-65 AD) was a Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist. In one of his tragedies, Hercules Furens, he refers to the breaching of the Gibraltar landbridge and the influx of the Atlantic into the Mediterranean – “he clove the mountains on either hand and, rending the barrier, made a wide path for Ocean’s rushing stream.” (trans. F.J. Miller)[1352.v220]