Geography

• Aa Inter harbour. B. Outer harbour. C. Spot where Caesar tried to block up the entrance of th
• Abacaenum a city of Sicily, situated about 4 miles from the N. coast, between Tyndaris and Mylae, an
• Abae an ancient town of Phocis, near the frontiers of the Opuntian Locrians, said to have been
• Aballaba a Romani castle in Britannia Inferior, whose site is unknown. It is mentioned in the Notit
• Abalus was said by Pytheas to be an island in the northern ocean, upon which amber was washed by
• Abas a river of Iberia in Asia, mentioned by Plutarch (Plut. Pomp. 35) and Dio Cassius (37.3) a
• Abasci Abasci, ABASGI (Ἁβασκοί, Ἀβασγοί), a Scythian people in the N. of Colchis, on the confines
• Abatos a rocky island in the Nile, near Philae, which the priests alone were permitted to enter.
• Abbassus or AMBASUM (Abbassus, Liv.; Ἄμβασον, Steph. B. sub voce: Eth. Ἀμβασίτης), a town of Phrygi
• Abdera 1. (τὰ Ἄβδηρα, also Ἄβδηρον or -os; Abdera,--orum, Liv. 45.29; Abdera,--ae, Plin. Nat. 25.
• Abella a city in the interior of Campania, about 5 miles NE. of Nola. According to Justin (20.1)…
• Abellinum . 1. A considerable city of the Hirpini, situated in the upper valley of the Sabatus, near
• Abia a town of Messenia, on the Messenian gulf, and a little above the woody dell, named Choeri
• Abianus a river of Scythia (Sarmatia) falling into the Euxine, mentioned only in the work of Alexa
• Abii Abii (Eth. Ἄβιοι), a Scythian people, placed by Ptolemy in the extreme N. of Scythia extra
• Abila . It would appear that there were several towns bearing this appellation in the districts
• Abilene or simply ABILA (Ἀβιληνή, Ἄβιλα), a district in Coele-Syria, of which the chief town was A
• Abnoba a range of hills in Germany, extending from the Oberland of Baden northward as far as the
• Aboccis or ABUNCIS (Ἀβουγκίς, Ptol. 4.7.16; Plin. Nat. 6.29. s. 35. § 181, Aboccis in old editions
• Abodiacum AUODIACUM (Ἀβουδίακον, Tab. Peut.; Ptol. 2.13.5 ABUZACUM, Vit. S. Magn. 28), a town of Vin
• Abolla a city of Sicily, mentioned only by Stephanus Byzantinus (s. v.), who affords no clue to i
• Aborigines Aborigines (Ἀβοριγῖνες), a name given by all the Roman and Greek writers to the earliest i
• Abrauannus a river of Britannia Barbara, which discharged itself a little northward of the Promontori
• Abrincatui Abrincatui a Gallic tribe (Plin. Nat. 4.18), not mentioned by Caesar, whose frontier was n
• Abrotonum a Phoenician city on the coast of N. Africa, in the district of Tripolitana, between the S
• Absyrtides Absyrtides or APSYRTIDES (Ἀψυρτίδες: Eth. Ἀψυρτεύς, Eth. Ἄψυρτος: Cherso and Osero), the n
• Abus or ABA (Plin. Nat. 5.24. s. 20), a mountain in Armenia, forming a part of the E. prolongat
• Abus one of the principal rivers, or rather estuaries in the Roman province of Maxima Caesarien
• Abusina ABUSENA, a town of Vindelicia, situated on the river Abens, and corresponding nearly to th
• Abydus 1. (ἡ Ἄβυδος, Abydum, Plin. Nat. 5.32: Eth. Ἀβυδηνός, Abydenus), a city of Mysia on the He
• Abyla or ABILA MONS or COLUMNA (Ἀβύλη or Ἀβίλη στήλη, Ἄβυλυξ, Eratosth.: Ximiera, Jebel-el-Mina,
• Acacesium a town of Arcadia in the district of Parrhasia, at the foot of a hill of the same name, an
• Acalandrus a river of Lucania, flowing into the gulf of Tarentum. It is mentioned both by Pliny and S
• Acanthus 1. (Erisso), a town on the E. side of the isthmus, which connects the peninsula of Acte wi
• Acarnania the most westerly province of Greece, was bounded on the N. by the Ambracian gulf, on the
• Acci Acci (Ἄκκι: Guadix el viejo, between Granada and Baza), a considerable inland city of Hisp
• Accua a small town of Apulia, mentioned only by Livy (24.20) as one of the places recovered by Q
• Ace the ACCHO (Ἄκχω) of the Old Testament (Judg. 1.31), the Akka of the Arabs, a celebrated to
• Acelum a town of the interior of Venetia, situated near the foot of the Alps, about 18 miles NW.
• Acerrae . 1. A city in the interior of Campania, about 8 miles NE. of Naples, still called Acerra.
• Aces Aces (Ἄκης), a river of Asia, flowing through a plain surrounded by mountains, respecting
• Acesines Acesines (Ἀκεσίνης), a river of Sicily, which flows, into the sea to the south of Tauromen
• Acesines the chief of the five great tributaries of the Indus, which give the name of…
• Achaei Achaei (Eth. Ἀχαιός), one of the four races into which the Hellenes are usually divided. I
• Achaia . 1. A district in the S. of Thessaly, in which Phthia and…
• Acharaca a village of Lydia, on the road from Tralles to Nysa, with a Plutonium or a temple of Plut
• Acharnae the principal demus of Attica, belonging to the tribe Oeneis, was situated 60 stadia N. of
• Acharrae a town of Thessaly in the district Thessaliotis, on the river Pamisus, mentioned only by L
• Achates a small river in Sicily, noticed by Silius Italicus for the remarkable clearness of its wa
• Achelous . 1. (Aspropotamo), the largest and most celebrated river in Greece, rose in Mount Pindus,
• Acherdus a demus of Attica of uncertain site, belonging to the tribe Hippothoontis. Aristophanes (A
• Acherini Acherini the inhabitants of a small town in Sicily, mentioned only by Cicero among the vic
• Acheron the name of several rivers, all of which were, at least at one time, believed to be connec
• Acheron a small river in Bruttium, near Pandosia. Its name is mentioned in conjunction with that c
• Acherontia a small town of Apulia, near the frontiers of Lucania, situated about 14 miles S. of Venus
• Acherusia Palus Palus (Ἀχερουσία λίμνη), the name of several lakes, which, like the various rivers of the
• Acherusia Palus Palus (Ἀχερουσία λίμνη), the name given to a small lake or saltwater pool in Campania sepa
• Achilla ACHOLLA, or ACHULLA (Ἀχόλλα: Eth. Ἀχολλαῖος, Achillitānus: El Aliah, large Ru.), a town on
• Achilleos Dromos Dromos (Δρόμος Ἀχιλλῆος, or Ἀχιλλέως, or Ἀχίλλειος, or Ἀχιλλήϊος̓, a long narrow strip of
• Achilleum, Achilleium Achilleium. ACHILLEUM (Ἀχίλλειον), a small town near the promontory Sigeum in the Troad (H
• Acila which seems to be identical with OCELIS (Ὄκηλις), now Zee Hill or Ghela, a seaport of the
• Acimincum ACUMINCUM (Ακούμιγκον Ptol. 2.16.5: Alt-Salankemen), a station or permanent cavalry barrac
• Acincum AQUINCUM (Ἀκούιγκον, Ptol. 2.16.4; Tab. Peut.; Orelli, Inscript. 506, 959, 963, 3924; Amm.
• Acinipo a town of Hispania Baetica, on a lofty mountain. Ptolemy calls it a city of the Celtici (2
• Aciris a river of Lucania, mentioned both by Pliny and Strabo, as flowing near to Heraclea on the
• Acis a river of Sicily, on the eastern coast of the island, and immediately at the foot of Aetn
• Acium a small town on the E. coast of Sicily, mentioned only in the Itinerary (Itin. Ant. p 87),
• Acmonia a city of Phrygia, mentioned by Cicero (Pro Flacc. 15.) It was on the road from Dorylaeum
• Acontia or ACUTIA (Ἀκοντία, Strab. p. 152; Ἀκούτεια, Steph. B. sub voce a town of the Vaccaei, in
• Acontisma a station in Macedonia on the coast and on the Via Egnatia, 8 or 9 miles eastward of Neapo
• Acoris a town of Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile in the Cynopolite Nome, 17 miles N. of Antin
• Acra Leuce Leuce (Ἄκρα Λευκὴ), a great city of Hispania Tarraconensis, founded by Hamilcar Barcas (Di
• Acrae a city of Sicily, situated in the southern portion of the island, on a…
• Acrae a town in Aetolia of uncertain site, on the road from Metapa to Conope. Stephanus erroneou
• Acraea a mountain in Argolis, opposite the Heraeum, or great temple of Hera. (Paus. 2.17.2; Leake
• Acraephia ACRAEPHIAE, ACRAEPHIUM, ACRAEPHNIUM (Ἀκραιφία, Steph. B. sub voce Hdt. 8.135, Acraephia, L
• Acriae or ACRAEAE (Ἀκριαί, Paus. 3.21.7, 22. § § 4, 5; Pol. 5. 19.8; Ἄκρεια, Strab. pp. 343, 363;
• Acridophagi Acridophagi (Eth. Ἀκριδοφάγοι), or Locus-eaters, the name given by Diodorus (3.29) and Str
• Acrilla or ACRILLAE (Ἄκριλλα)), a town of Sicily, known only from Stephanus of Byzantium (s. v.),
• Acritas the most southerly promontory in Messenia. (Strab. p. 359; Paus. 4.34.12; Ptol. 3.16.7; Pl
• Acroreia the mountainous district of Elis on the borders of Arcadia, in which the rivers Peneius an
• Acrothoum or ACROTHOI (Ἀκρόθωον Her. 7.22; Ἀκρόθωοι, Thuc. 4.109; Strab. p. 331; Scyl. p. 26; Steph.
• Acte signified a piece of land running into the sea, and attached to another larger piece of la
• Actium a promontory in Acarnania at the entrance of the Ambraciot Gulf (Gulf of Arta) off which A
• Adada a town in Pisidia of uncertain site. On coins of Valerian and Gallienus we find ΑΔΑΔΕΜΝ. A
• Adana a town of Cilicia, which keeps its ancient name, on the west side of the Sarus, now the Sy
• Adane called ATHANA by Pliny (6.28. s. 32), and ARABIA FELIX (Ἀραξία εὐδαίμων), in the Periplus
• Addua a river of Gallia Cisalpina, one of the largest of the tributaries which bring down the wa
• Adis or ADES (Ἀδίς, Ἄδης: prob. Rhades), a considerable city of Africa, on the Gulf of Tunis, i
• Adonis a small river of Syria, which rising in Mount Libanus enters the Mediterranean a few miles
• Adoreus the name of a mountain of Galatia, now Elmah, Dagh, in the neighbourhood of Pessinus, in A
• Adraa a town in Palestine, near the sources of the river…
• Adraistae a people of N. India (the Panjab), with a capital city Pimprama (Πίμπραμα), which Alexande
• Adramitae or ATRAMITAE (Plin. Nat. 6.28. s. 32; Ἀδραμῖται, Ptol.; Arrian, Perip. p. 15), an Arabian
• Adramyttium or ADRAMYTEUM (Ἀδραμύττιον, Ἀδραμύττειον, Ἀτραμύττειον: Eth. Ἀδραμυττηνός, Eth. Adramytten
• Adrans ADRANA, ADRANTE Τ̔ὰ Ἄδρανα, Zos. 2.45; HADRANS, Itiner. Hieros. p. 560: St. Oswald on the
• Adranum or HADRANUM (Ἀδρανόν, Diod. Steph. B. sub voce HAITRANUM, Sil. Ital.: Eth. Ἀδρανίτης, Eth.
• Adria ATRIA, HADRIA, or HATRIA (Ἀδρία or Ἀτρία). It is impossible to establish any distinction b
• Adriaticum Mare Mare (ἡ Ἀδίας), is the name given both by Greek and Latin writers to the inland sea still
• Adrus a river of Hispania Lusitanica, flowing from the N. into the Anas (Guadiana) opposite to B
• Aduatica or ADUATUCA, a castellum or fortified place mentioned by Caesar (B. G. 6.32) as situated a
• Aduatici Aduatici (Ἀτουατικοί, Dio Cass.), a people of Belgic Gaul, the neighbours of the Eburones
• Adula Mons Mons (ὁ Ἀδούλας), the name given to a particular group of the Alps, in which, according to
• Adule or ADULIS (Ἀδούλη Ptol. 4.7.8, 8.16.11; Arrian. Peripl.; Eratosth. pp. 2, 3; Ἄδουλις, Step
• Adyimachidae a people of N. Africa, mentioned by Herodotus as the first Libyan people W. of Egypt. (Hdt
• Aeantium a promontory in Magnesia in Thessaly, forming the entrance to the Pagasaean bay. According
• Aebura a town of the Carpetani, in Hispania Tarraconensis (Liv. 40.30; Strab. ap. Steph. B. sub v
• Aecae a town of Apulia mentioned both by Polybius and Livy, during the military operations of Ha
• Aeculanum or AECLANUM (Αἰκούλανον, Appian, Ptol.: Eth. Aeculanus, Plin.; but the contracted form Aec
• Aedepsus a town on the NW. coast of Euboea, 160 stadia from Cynus on the opposite coast of the Opun
• Aedui Aedui, HEDUI (Eth. Ἀδοῦοι, Strab. p. 186), a Celtic people, who were separated from the Se
• Aegae in Europe (Αἰψαί: Eth. Αἰγαῖος, Eth. Αἰγεάτης, Αἰγαιεύς). 1. Or AEGA (Αἰγά), a town of Ach
• Aegae in Asia. 1. (Αἰγαὶ, Αἰγαῖαι, Αἴγξαι: Eth. Αἰγαῖος, Eth. Αἰγξάτης; Ayas Kala, or Kalassy),
• Aegaeum Mare Mare (τὸ Αἰγαῖον πέλαγος, Hdt. 4.85; Aesch. Agam. 659; Strab. passim; or simply τὸ Αἰγαῖον
• Aegaleos a range of mountains in Attica, lying between the plains of Athens and Eleusis, from which
• Aegates INSULAE, the name given to a group of three small islands, lying off the western extremity
• Aegeira a town of Achaia, and one of the 12 Achaean cities, situated between Aegae and Pellene, is
• Aegiae or AEGAEAE (Αἰγίαι, Paus. 3.21.5; Αἱγαῖαλ, Strab. p. 364: Limni), a town of Laconia, at th
• Aegida a town of Istria, mentioned only by Pliny 3.19. s. 23), which appears to have been in his
• Aegila a town of Laconia with a temple of Demeter, of uncertain site, but placed by Leake on the
• Aegilia . 1. Or AEGILUS (ἡ Αἵγτλος, Theocr. 1.147: Eth. Αἰγιλιεύς), a demus in Attica belonging to
• Aegimurus a lofty island, surrounded by dangerous cliffs, off the coast of Africa, at the mouth of t
• Aegina an island in the Saronic gulf, surrounded by Attica, Megaris, and…
• Aeginium a town of the Tymphaei in Thessaly, is described by Livy as a place of great strength and
• Aegiroessa a city which Herodotus (1.149) enumerates among the 11 cities of Aeolis; but nothing is kn
• Aegissus or AEGYPSUS (Αἴγισσνς, Hierocl. p. 637; Αἴγιστος, Procop. 4, 7; Aegypsus, Ov.), a town in
• Aegithallus a promontory on the W. coast of Sicily, near Lilybaeum, which was occupied and fortified b
• Aegitium a town in Aetolia Epictetus, on the borders of Locris, situated in the midst of mountains,
• Aegium a town of Achaia, and one of the 12 Achaean cities, was situated upon the coast W. of the
• Aegospotami Aegospotami (Αἰγὸς ποταυοἱ, Aegos flumen, Pomp. Mel. 2.2; Plin. Nat. 2.59: Eth. Αἰγοσποταμ
• Aegosthena a town in Megaris, on the Alcyonian or Corinthian gulf, at the foot of Mount Cithaeron, an
• Aegyptus . I. Names and boundaries of Egypt. Egypt, properly so called, is that portion of the vall
• Aegys (Αἴγυς: Eth. Αἰγνάτης, Paus.; Αἰγνεύς, Theopomp. ap. Steph. B. sub voce a town of Laconia,
• Aelana an…
• Aemodae or HAEMODAE, the Shetland Islands (Mela, 3.6), described by Pliny (4.16.30), as a group of
• Aemona HAEMONA, EMONA (Μ̓́ωνα, Ἥμωνα, Orelli, Inscript. 72; Ἠμᾶ, Herodian. 8.1: Eth. Aemonensis:
• Aenaria called by the Greeks PITHECUSA (πιθηκοῦσσα), or PITHECUSAE (πιθηκοῦσσαι), and by the Latin
• Aeneia a town of Chalcidice in Macedonia, said to have been founded by Aeneas, was situated, acco
• Aenus a town of Thrace, situated upon a promontory on the south-eastern side of the PaIns Stento
• Aenus a river rising in the Rhaetian or Tridentine Alps, dividing Rhaetia Secunda (Vindelicia) f
• Aeoles Aeoles (Eth. Αἰολεύς) or AEOLII, one of the four races into which the Hellenes are usually
• Aeoliae INSULAE (Αἰολίδες νῆσοι, Diod. Αἰόλου νῆσοι, Thuc. Strab.), a group of volcanic islands, l
• Aeolis a district on the west coast of Asia Minor, which is included by Strabo in the larger divi
• Aepeia . 1. One of the seven Messenian towns, offered by Agamemnon to Achilles, is supposed by St
• Aepy a town in Elis, so called from its lofty situation, is mentioned by Homer, and is probably
• Aequi Aequi, AEQUICULI or AEQUICULANI (Αἶκοι and Αἴκουοι, Strab.; Αἰκανοί Dionys.; Αἰκουικλοί, P
• Aequinoctium or AEQUINOGTIAE (Fischament), a Roman fort in Upper Pannonia, situated upon the Danube, an
• Aeropus a mountain in Greek Illyria, on the river Aous, and opposite to Mount Asnaus. Aeropus prob
• Aesepus a river of Northern Mysia, mentioned by Homer (Hom. Il. 2.825, &c.) as flowing past Zeleia
• Aesernia a city of Samnium, included within the territory of the Pentrian tribe, situated in the va
• Aesica was a Roman frontier castle in the line of Hadrian's rampart, and probably corresponds to
• Aesis a river on the east coast of Italy, which rises in the Apennines near Matilica, and flows
• Aesis or AESIUM (Αϊ̓δις, Ptol.; Αϊ̓διον, Strab.; Eth. Aesinas,--atis), a town of Umbria situated
• Aesitae were probably the inhabitants of the region upon the borders of Chaldaea, which the Hebrew
• Aeson or AESONIS (Αἴδων,ζζζ Αἰδωνίς: Eth. Αἰδώνιος), a town of Magnesia in Thessaly, the name of
• Aestui Aestui (this is the correct reading), a people of Germany, consisting of several tribes (A
• Aesula a city of Latium, mentioned by Pliny among those which in his time had entirely ceased to
• Aethaea a town of Messenia of unknown site, the inhabitants of which revolted from Sparta with the
• Aethices Aethices a barbarous Epirot clan, who lived by robbery, are placed by Strabo on the Thessa
• Aethiopia (ἡ Αἰθιοπία, Hdt. 3.114; D. C. 54.5; Strab. pp. 2, 31, 38, &c.; Plin. Nat. 5.8.8, 6.30.35;
• Aetna a city of Sicily, situated at the foot of the mountain of the same name, on its southern d
• Aetna a celebrated volcanic mountain of Sicily, situated in the NE. part of the island, adjoinin
• Aetolia Adj. Aetolicus, a district of Greece, the boundaries of which varied at different periods.
• Affilae a town of Latium, in the more extended sense of the term, but which must probably have in
• Afflianus or AEFLIANUS. MONS (the latter form of the name appears to be the more correet) was the na
• Africa the name by which the quarter of the world still called Africa was known to the Romans, wh
• Agari Agari (Eth. Ἄγαροι), a Scythian people of Sarmatia Europaea, on the N. shore of the Palus
• Agassa or AGASSAE, a town in Pieria in Macedonia, near the river Mitys. Livy, in relating the cam
• Agathyrna or AGATHYRNUM (Ἀγάθυρνα, Polyb. ap. Steph. Byz. Ἀγαθύρνον, Ptol.: Agathyrna, Sil. Ital. 14
• Agathyrsi Agathyrsi (Eth. Ἀγάθυρσοι, Eth. Ἀγαθύρσιοι), a people of Sarmatia Europaea, very frequentl
• Agendicum or AGETINCUM in the Pentinger Table, one of the chief towns of the Senones in the time of
• Aginnum or AGENNUM (Agen), was the chief town of the Nitiobriges, a tribe situated between the Gar
• Agisymba the general name under which Ptolemy includes the whole interior of Africa S. of the Equat
• Agora Ἁ̓γορά), a town situated about the middle of the narrow neck of the Thracian Chersonesus,
• Agra a small district of Arabia Felix, situated at the foot of Mount Hippus, on the eastern coa
• Agraei Agraei (Eth. Ἀγραῖοι, Thuc. 3.106; Strab. p. 449: Ἀγραεῖς, Pol. 17.5; Steph. Byz. s. v.),
• Agraei Agraei (Eth. Ἀγραῖοι, Ptol 5.19.2; Eratosth. ap. Strab. p. 767), a tribe of Arabs situated
• Agri Decumates Decumates or DECUMANI (from decuma, tithe), tithe lands, a name given by the Romans to the
• Agrianes a small river in Thrace, and one of the tributaries of the Hebrus. (Hdt. 4.89.) It flows f
• Agrianes Agrianes (Eth. Ἀγριάν, Ἀγριᾶνες), a Paeonian people, dwelling near the sources of the Stry
• Agrigentum one of the most powerful and celebrated of the Greek cities in Sicily, was situated on the
• Agrinium a town of Aetolia, situated towards the NE. of Aetolia, near the Achelous. Its position is
• Agriophagi Agriophagi (Peripl. Mar. Er. p. 2), were the same people as the Creophagi or flesh-eaters
• Agyrium a city of the interior of Sicily now called S. Filippo d'Argirò. It was situated on the su
• Aharna a town of Etruria, mentioned only by Livy (10.25) during the campaign of Fabius in that co
• Aias or AEAS (Αἴας ὄρος, Ptol. 4.5.14; Plin. Nat. 6.29. s. 33), was a headland of the limestone
• Alabanda a city of Caria, was situated 160 stadia S. of Tralles, and was separated…
• Alabastra or ALABASTRON (Ἀλαβαστρὰ, Ἀλάβαστρων πόλις, Ptol. 4.5.59; Plin. Nat. 5.9. s. 11, 37.8. s.
• Alabastrites Mons Mons (Ἀλαβαστρινὸν ὄρος, Ptol. 4.5.27), formed a portion of the limestone rocks which run
• Alabis ALABUS or ALABON (Ἀλαβών, Steph. Byz., Diod.; Ἄλαβος, Ptol.; ALABIS Sil. Ital. 14.227), a
• Alaesa or HALESA (Ἄλαισα, Eth. Halaesinus, Diod.; Strab.; Ptol.; Halesa, Sil. Ital. 14.218; Hales
• Alagonia a town of Laconia near the Messenian frontier, belonging to the Eleuthero-Lacones, contain
• Alalcomenae 1. (Ἀλαλκομ́εναι, Strab., Paus.; Ἀλαλκομένιον, Steph. B. sub voce Eth. Ἀλαλκομενιεύς, Eth.
• Alander a river of Phrygia (Liv. 38.15, 18), which is twice mentioned by Livy, in his account of t
• Alani Alani (Ἀλανοί, Ἀλαῦνοι), a people, found both in Asia and in Europe, whose precise geograp
• Alata Castra Castra (πτερωτὸν στρατόπεδον, Ptol. 2.3.13), in the territory of the Vacomagi (Murray and
• Alatrium or ALETRIUM (Ἀλέτριον, Strab.; ALATRINATES, Liv.; ALETRINATES, Plin. et Inscr.), a city of
• Alauna a town of the Unelli, as Caesar (Caes. Gal. 2.34) calls the people, or Veneti, as Ptolemy
• Alazon or ALAZONIUS (Ἀλαζώνιος, Strab. p. 500: Alasan, Alacks), a river of the Caucasus, flowing
• Alazones Alazones (Ἀλάζωνες), a Scythian people on the Borysthenes (Dnieper), N. of the Callipidae,
• Alba Docilia Docilia a town on the coast of Liguria, known only from the Tabula Peutingeriana, which pl
• Alba Fucensis Fucensis or FUCENTIS (Ἄλβα, Strab.; Ἄλβα φούκεντις, Ptol.; the ethnic Albenses, not Albani
• Alba Helvorum Helvorum or HELVIORUM (Plin. Nat. 3.4. s. 5. 14.3. s. 4.), a city of the Helvii, a tribe m
• Alba Longa Longa (Ἄλβα: Albani), a very ancient city of Latium, situated on the eastern side of the l
• Alba Pompeia Pompeia (Ἄλβα Πομπηΐα Ptol.: Albenses Pompeiani), a considerable town of the interior of L
• Albania a country of Asia, lying about the E. part of the chain of Caucasus. The first distinct in
• Albanum a town of Latium, situated on the western border of the Lacus Albanus, and on the Via Appi
• Albanus Lacus Lacus now called the Lago di Albano, is a remarkable lake of Latium, situated immediately
• Albanus Mons Mons (τὸ Ἀλβανὸν ὄρος, Strab.; Monte Cavo) was the name given to the highest and central s
• Albici Albici a barbaric people, as Caesar calls them (B.C. 1.34), who inhabited the mountains ab
• Albii Albii, ALBANI MONTES (τὰ Ἄλβια ὄρη, Strab. vii. p.314; τὸ Ἀλβανὸν ὄρος, Ptol. 2.14.1), was
• Albinia a considerable river of Etruria, still called the Albegna, rising in the mountains at the
• Albis Ἄλβις or Ἄλβιος: die Elbe), one of the great rivers of Germany. It flows from SE. to NW.,
• Albium Ingaunum Ingaunum or ALBINGAUNUM (Ἀλβίγγαυνον,, Strab., Ptol.: Albenga), a city on the coast of Lig
• Albium Intemelium Intemelium or ALBINTEMELIUM (Ἄλβιον Ἰντεμέλιον, Strab.; Ἀλβιντεμήλιον, Ptol.: Vintimiglia)
• Albucella a city of the Vaccaei in Hispania Tarraconensis (Itin. Ant.; Ptol.), probably the Arbocala
• Albula 1. The ancient name of the Tiber. [TIBERIS] 2. A small river of Picenum, mentioned only by
• Album Promontorium Promontorium (Plin. Nat. 5.19. s. 17), was the western extremity of the mountain range Ant
• Alburnus Mons Mons a mountain of Lucania, mentioned in a well-known passage of Virgil (Georg. 3.146), fr
• Alcomenae . 1. A town of the Deuriopes on the Erigon, in Paeonia in Macedonia. (Strab. p. 327.) 2. [
• Alcyonia a lake in Argolis, near the Lernaean grove, through which Dionysus was said to have descen
• Alea a town of Arcadia, between Orchomenus and Stymphalus, contained, in the time of Pausanias,
• Aleria or ALALIA (Ἀλαλίη, Herod.; Ἀλλαλία, Steph. B. sub voce Ἀλερία, Ptol.: Ἀλλαλιαῖος, Steph. B
• Alesia a town of the Mandubii, who were neighbours of the Aedui. The name is sometimes written Al
• Alesiae a village in Laconia, on the road from Therapne to Mt. Taygetus, is placed by Leake nearly
• Alesiaeum called ALEISIUM (Ἀλείσιον)) by Homer, a town of Pisatis, situated upon the road leading ac
• Aletium a town of Calabria, mentioned, both by Pliny and Ptolemy, among the inland cities which th
• Alexandreia ALEXANDRIA, or ALEXANDREA (ἡ Ἀλεξάνδρεια: Eth. Ἀλεξανδρεύς, more rarely Ἀλεξανδρίτης, Ἀλεξ
• Alexandreia . Besides the celebrated Alexandreia mentioned above, there were several other towns of th
• Alexandri Arae Arae or COLUMNAE (οἱ Ἀλεξάνδρου βωμοί). It was a well-known custom of the ancient conquero
• Algidus a mountain of Latium, forming part of the volcanic group of the Alban Hills, though detach
• Alinda a city of Caria, which was surrendered to Alexander by Ada, queen of Caria. It was one of
• Aliphera a town of Arcadia, in the district Cynuria, said to have…
• Allaria a city of Crete of uncertain site, of which coins are extant, bearing on the obverse the h
• Allia or ALIA (ο Ἀλίας, Plut.) a small river which flows into the Tiber, on its left bank, about
• Allifae a city of Samnium, situated in the valley of the Vulturnus, at the foot of the lofty mount
• Allobroges Allobroges (Ἀλλόβριγες, Ἀλλόβρυγες, and Ἀλλόβρογες, as the Greeks write the name), a Galli
• Alma ALMUS (Ἄλμα, D. C. 4.30; Aurel. Vict. Epitom. 38, Probus; Eutrop. ix. Vopiscus, Probus, 18
• Almo a small river flowing into the Tiber on its left bank, just below the walls of Rome. Ovid
• Almopia a district in Macedonia inhabited by the ALMOPES (Ἀλμῶπες), is said to have been one of th
• Alonta one of the chief rivers of Sarmatia Asiatica, flowing into the W. side of the Caspian, S.
• Alope . 1. A town of Phthiotis in Thessaly, placed by Stephanus between Larissa Cremaste and Ech
• Alopeconnesus a town on the western coast of the Thracian Chersonesus. It was an Aeolian colony, and was
• Alorus a town of Macedonia in the district Bottiaea, is placed by Stephanus in the innermost rece
• Alpeni Alpeni (Ἀλπηνοί, Hdt. 7.176; Ἀλπηνὸς πόλις, Hdt. 7.216: Eth. Ἀλπηνός), a town of the Epicn
• Alpes Alpes (αἱ Ἄλπεις; sometimes also, but rarely τὰ Ἀλπεινὰ ορη and τὰ Ἄλπια ὄορη), was the na
• Alpheius the chief river of Peloponnesus, rises in the SE. of Arcadia on the frontiers of Laconia,
• Alsa a small river of Venetia (Plin. Nat. 3.18. s.22) still called the Ausa, which flows into t
• Alsietinus Lacus Lacus a small lake in Etruria about 2 miles distant from the Lacus Sabatinus, between it a
• Alsium a city on the coast of Etruria, between Pyrgi and Fregenae, at the distance of 18 miles fr
• Althaea the chief city of the OLCADES in Spain, not far from Carthago Nova. Its capture was Hannib
• Altinum a city of Venetia situated on the border of the lagunes, and on the right bank of the litt
• Aluntium or HALUNTIUM (Ἀλόντιον, Ptol.; Ἀλούντιον, Dionys.: Ἀλοντῖνος, Haluntinus), a city on the N
• Alydda a town of Phrygia mentioned in the Peutinger Table. Arundell (Discoveries in Asia Minor, i
• Alyzia a town on the west coast of Acarnania.…
• Amadoci Amadoci (Eth. Ἀμάδοκοι), a people of Sarmatia Europaea, mentioned by Hellanicus (Steph. B.
• Amalekitae the descendants of Amalek the grandson of Esau. (Gen. 26.9-12.) This tribe of Edomite Arab
• Amanides Pylae Pylae (Ἀμανίδες or Ἀμανικαζ Πν́λαι), or Amanicae Pylae (Curtius, 3.18), or Portae Amani Mo
• Amantia (Ἀμαντία: Eth. Ἀμαντιεύς, Steph. B. sub voce Ἀμαντινός, Ptol. 2.16.3; Amantinus, Plin. Nat
• Amanus is described by Strabo as a detached part (απόσπασμα) of Taurus, and as forming the southe
• Amardi Amardi or MARDI (Eth. Ἀμαρδός, Eth. Ἄμαρδος, Eth. Μαρδοί), a warlike Asiatic tribe. Stepha
• Amardus or MARDUS (Ἀμάρδος, Μάρδος, Dionys. Perieg. 5.734), a river of Media, mentioned by Ammianu
• Amari Lacus Lacus (αἱ πικραί λίμναι, Strab. xvii. p.804; Plin. Nat. 6.29. s. 33), were a cluster of sa
• Amarynthus a town upon the coast of Euboea, only 7 stadia from Eretria, to which it belonged. It poss
• Amasenus a small river of Latium, still called the Amaseno, which rises in the Volscian mountains a
• Amasia a town of Pontus, on the river Iris, or Yeshil Ermak. The origin of the city is unknown. I
• Amastris a city of Paphlagonia, on a small river of the same name. Amastris occupied a peninsula, a
• Amathus an ancient town on the S. coast of Cyprus, celebrated for its worship of Aphrodite--who wa
• Amathus a strongly fortified city on the east of the Jordan, in Lower Persia, 21 Roman miles south
• Ambarri Ambarri a Gallic people, whom Caesar (Caes. Gal. 1.11) calls close allies and kinsmen of t
• Ambiani Eth. AMIBIANI a Belgic people, who were said to be able to muster 10,000 armed men, in B.C
• Ambiatinus Vicus Vicus or AMBITARINUS, as the true reading is said to be (Sueton. Calig. 8), a place in the
• Ambibari Ambibari one of the people or states of Armorica. (Caes. Gal. 7.75.) Their position does n
• Ambiliati Ambiliati a people mentioned by Caesar (Caes. Gal. 3.9) with the Nannetes, Morini, and oth
• Ambisontes Ambisontes or BISONTES, one of the many otherwise unknown tribes in the interior of Noricu
• Ambivareti Ambivareti are mentioned by Caesar (Caes. Gal. 7.75) as clientes of the Aedui; and they ar
• Amblada a city of Pisidia, which Strabo (p. 570) places near the boundaries of Phrygia and Caria.
• Ambracia (Ἀμπρακία, Thuc.; Ἀμβρακία, Xen. and subsequent writers; Eth. Ἀμπρακιώτης, Hdt. 8.45, Thuc
• Ambracius Sinus Sinus (ὁ Ἀμπρακικός κόλπος, Thuc. 1.55; ὁ Ἀμβρακικὸς κόλπος, Pol. 4.63, Strab. p. 325, et
• Ambrysus or AMPHRYSUS (Ἄμβρυσος, Strab.; Ἄμβρωσσος, Paus.; Ἄμφρυσος, Steph. B. sub voce: Eth. Ἀμβρύ
• Amenanus a small river of Sicily which flows through the city of Catania…
• Ameria one of the most ancient and important cities of Umbria, situated about 15 m. S. of Tuder,
• Ameriola a city of ancient Latium, mentioned by Livy among those reduced by force of arms by the el
• Ameselum a town of Sicily, mentioned only by Diodorus (xxii. Exc. Hoesch. p.499), from whom we lear
• Amestratus a city of Sicily, noticed only by Cicero and Steph. Byz. From the circumstance mentioned b
• Amida . The modern town is on the right bank of the Tigris. The walls are lofty and substantial,
• Amilus a village of Arcadia in the territory of Orchomenus, and on the road from the latter to St
• Amisia a place on the left bank of the river Amisia (Ems), in Germany. (Tac. Ann. 2.8.) This plac
• Amisia or AMISIUS (Ἀμάσιος or Ἀμασία, the Ems), a river in northern Germany, rising in the hills
• Amisus a city of Pontus in Asia Minor, situated on the west side of the bay called Amisenus, abou
• Amiternum a city of the Sabines of great antiquity. It was situated in the upper valley of the river
• Ammonitae the descendants of Ben-ammi, the son of Lot by his incestuous connection with his younger
• Amnias a river in Pontus. In the broad plain on the banks of this stream the generals of Mithrida
• Amnisus . It possessed a sanctuary of…
• Amorgos an island of the Sporades in the Aegean sea, SE. of Naxos. It is rarely mentioned in histo
• Amorites Amorites one of the seven Canaanitish tribes (Gen. 10.16) who held possession of the Promi
• Amorium a city of Phrygia, according to Strabo (p. 576). Its probable position can only be deduced
• Ampe a place where Darius settled the Milesians who were made prisoners at the capture of Milet
• Ampelos a. promontory at the extremity of the peninsula Sithonia in Chalcidice in Macedonia, calle
• Ampelusia or COTES PROM. (αἱ Κώτεις, Strab. p. 825; Κώτης ακρον, Ptol. 4.1.2: apparently also the Co
• Amphaxitis the maritime part of Mygdonia in Macedonia, on the left bank of the Axius, which, accordin
• Ampheia a town of Messenia, situated on the frontiers of Laconia, upon a hill well supplied with w
• Amphicaea or AMPHICLEIA (Ἀμφίκαια, Herod., Steph. B. sub voce Ἀμφίκλεια, Paus.: Eth. Ἀμφικαιεύς, Eth
• Amphidoli Amphidoli (Ἀμφίδολοι), a town in Pisatis in Elis, which gave its name to the small distric
• Amphigeneia one of the towns belonging to Nestor (Hom. Il. 2.593), was placed by some ancient critics
• Amphilochia a small district at the eastern end of the Ambraciot gulf, bounded on the N. by Ambracia a
• Amphimalla which corresponds…
• Amphipolis a town in Macedonia, situated upon an eminence on the left or eastern bank of the Strymon,
• Amphissa the chief town of the Locri Ozolae, situated in a pass at the head of the Crissaean plain,
• Amphrysus . 1. A town of Phocis. See AMBRYSUS 2. A small river in Thessaly, rising in Mt. Others and
• Ampsaga one of the chief rivers of N. Africa, not large, but important as having been (in its lowe
• Ampsancti Ampsancti or AMSANCTI, VALLIS, a celebrated valley and small sulphurous lake in the heart
• Amyclae an ancient town of Laconia, situated on the right or eastern bank of the Eurotas, 20 stadi
• Amyclae a city on the coast of Campania, between Tarracina and Caieta, which had ceased to exist i
• Amydon a town in Macedonia on the Axius, from which Pyraechmes led the Paeonians to the assistanc
• Amyrus a town in Thessaly, situated on a river of the same name falling into the lake Boebēis. It
• Amystis an Indian river, a tributary of the Ganges, flowing past a city called Catadupae (Arrian.
• Amyzon an inconsiderable town of Caria. (Strab. p. 658.) The ruins of the citadel and walls exist
• Anabura a city of Phrygia (Liv. xxxviii 15) which lay on the route of the consul Cn. Manlius from
• Anactorium a town in Acarnania, situated on the Ambraciot gulf, and on the promontory, which now bear
• Anagnia an ancient city of Latium in the more extended sense of that term, but which in earlier ti
• Anagyrus a demus of Attica, belonging to the tribe Erechtheis, situated S. of Attica near the promo
• Anamis a river of Carmania, which is called Andanis by Pliny (6.25). It was one of the rivers at
• Ananes Ananes (Ἄνανες), a tribe of Cisalpine Gauls, who,--according to Polybius (2.17), the only
• Anaphe one of the Sporades, a small island in the south of the Grecian Archipelago, E. of Thera.
• Anaphlystus a demus of Attica, belonging to the tribe Antiochis, on the W. coast of Attica, opposite t
• Anapus . 1. (Anapo), one of the most celebrated and considerable rivers of Sicily, which risesabo
• Anarei Montes Montes (τὰ Ἀνάρεα ὄρη), a range of mountains in Scythia intra Imaum, is one of the western
• Anariacae a people on the southern side of the Caspian Sea, neighbours of the Mardi or Amardi. Their
• Anartes Anartes (Caes. Gal. 6.25), ANARTI (Ἄναρτοι, Ptol. 3.8.5), a people of Dacia, on the N. sid
• Anas an important river of Hispania, described by Strabo (iii. pp. 139, foll.) as rising in the
• Anatho as the name appears in Isidorus of Charax. It is Anathan in Ammianus Marcellinus (24.1), a
• Anaua a salt lake in the southern part of Phrygia, which Xerxes passed on his march from Celaena
• Anaurus a small river in Magnesia, in Thessaly, flowing past Iolcos into the Pagasaean gulf, in wh
• Anazarbus or--A (Ἀνάζαρβος, Ἀνάζαρβα: Eth. Ἀναζαρβεύς, Anazarbenus), a city of Cilicia, so called, a
• Ancalites Ancalites a people in Britain, inhabiting the hundred of Henly, a locality which, probably
• Anchiale a small town on the western coast of the Euxine, to the north of Apollonia, to which its i
• Anchoe a place on the borders of Boeotia and of Locris, near Upper Larymna, at which the waters o
• Ancon a headland and bay, as the name implies, on the coast of Pontus, east of Amisus. It is men
• Ancona or ANCON (Ἀγκών: Eth. Ἀγκώνιος, and Eth. Ἀγκωνίτης, Steph. B. sub voce Anconitanus: the fo
• Ancorarius Mons Mons (Jebel Ouanseris), a mountain of Mauretania Caesariensis, S. of Julia Caesarea, belon
• Ancyra 1. A town of Phrygia Epictetus. Strabo (p. 567) calls it a small city, or hill-fort, near
• Ancyron Polis Polis (Ἀγκυρῶν πόλις, Ptol. 4.5.57; Steph. B. sub voce: Eth. Ἀγκυροπολίτης), was a town of
• Andania an ancient town of Messenia, and the capital of the kings of the race of the Leleges. It w
• Andecavi Andecavi a Gallic tribe, who were stirred up to a rising by Julius Sacrovir in the time of
• Andeira as it is written in Pliny (5.32), a town of the Troad, the site of which is uncertain. The
• Andematunnum the chief town of the Lingones, is not mentioned by Caesar. The name occurs in the Antonin
• Anderida is mentioned in the Notitia Imperii as the station of a detachment of Abulci (numerus Abul
• Anderitum a town which Ptolemaeus calls Ἀνδέρηδον, and the capital of the Gabali, whom Caesar mentio
• Andes a village in the neighbourhood of Mantua, known only from the circumstance of its having b
• Andetrium a fortified town in Dalmatia near Salonae, which offered a brave resistance to Tiberius.
• Andizetii Andizetii (Eth. Ἀνδιζήτιοι), one of the chief tribes in Pannonia, occupying the country ab
• Andosini Andosini a people in Spain between the Iberus and the Pyrenees, mentioned only in a passag
• Andrapa also called Neoclaudiopolis, a town of Paphlagonia, near the river Halys, in the later pro
• Andriaca the port of the town of Myra in Lycia. Appian (App. BC 4.82) says that Lentulus broke thro
• Andropolis the modern Chabur, was the chief town of the Andropolite nome in the Delta. It was seated
• Andros the most northerly and one of the largest islands of the Cyclades, SE. of Euboea, 21 miles
• Andusia a town known only from an inscription found at Nîmes, or at Anduse (Walckenaer, Géog. &c.)
• Anemoreia subsequently ANEMOLEIA (Ἀνεμώρεια, Ἀεμώλεια: Eth. Ἀνεμωρεύς), a town of Phocis mentioned b
• Anemosa a village of Arcadia in the district Maenalia on the Helisson near Zibovísi. (Paus. 8.35.9
• Anemurium the most southern point of Asia Minor, which terminates in a high bluff knob. Strabo (p. 6
• Angites a river of Macedonia, flowing into the lake Cercinitis, about 6 or 8 miles to the N of Amp
• Anglii Anglii or Eth. ANGLI (Eth. Ἄγγειλοι, Eth. Ἄγγιλοι), were according to Tacitus (Germ. 40),
• Angrivarii Angrivarii (Eth. Ἀγγριουάριοι), a German tribe dwelling on both sides of the river Visurgi
• Angulus >(Ἀγγουλός: Eth. Angulanus), a city of the Vestini, mentioned both by Pliny and Ptolemy, a
• Anigrus a small river in the Triphylian Elis, called Minyeius (Μινυήϊος) by Homer (Hom. Il. 11.721
• Aninetum a town in Lydia of uncertain site, the seat of a bishopric, of which coins are extant, bea
• Anio or ANIEN (the latter form is the more ancient, whence in the oblique cases ANIENIS, ANIENE
• Anitorgis or ANISTORGIS, a town in Spain of uncertain site, mentioned only by Livy (25.32), supposed
• ANNAEA or ANAEA or ANAEA (Ἄνναια, Ἀναία: Eth. Ἀναῖος, Ἀναίτης), is placed by Stephanus (s. v. Ἀναία) in Ca
• Annibi Montes Montes (τά Ἄννιβα ὄρη, Ptol. 6.16), ANNIVA (Amm. Marc. 23.6), one of the principal mountai
• Ansibarii Ansibarii or AMPSIVARII, that is, sailors on the Ems (Emsfahrer), a German tribe dwelling
• Antaeopolis (Ἀνταίον πόλις, Ptol. 4.5.71; Steph. B. sub voce Plin. Nat. 5.9. § § 9, 38; Plut. de Soler
• Antandrus a city on the coast of Troas, near the head of the gulf of Adramyttium, on the N. side, an
• Antaradus a town of Phoenicia, situated at its northern extremity, and on the mainland over against
• Antemnae a very ancient city of Latium situated only three miles from Rome, just below the confluen
• Anthedon a town of Boeotia, and one of the cities of the League, was situated on the Euripus or the
• Anthedon a city on the coast of Palestine, 20 stadia distant from Gaza (Sozomen. Hist. Eccles. 5.9)
• Antheia . 1. A town in Messenia, mentioned by Homer (Hom. Il. 9.151), who gives it the epithet Βαθ
• Anthemus (Ἀνθεμοῦς, Ἀνθεμοῦντος: Eth. Ἀνθε-μούδιος, a town of Macedonia of some importance, belongi
• Anthemusia a town of Mesopotamia. Strabo (p. 347) speaks of the Aborras (Khabur) flowing around or ab
• Anthene (Ἀνθήνη, Thuc.; Ἀνθάνα, Steph. B. sub voce Ἀθήνη, Paus.: Eth. Ἀνθανεύς, Steph. B. sub voce
• Anthylla was a considerable town upon the Canobic branch of the Nile, a few miles SE. of Alexandrei
• Anticyra (Ἀντίκιρρα, Dicaearch., Strab., perhaps the most ancient form; next Ἀντίκυρρα, Eustath. ad
• Antigoneia . 1. A town of Epirus in the district Chaonia, on the Aous and near a narrow pass leading
• Antilibanus the eastern of the two great parallel ridges of mountains which enclose the valley of Coel
• Antinoopolis ANTINOE (Ἀντινόου πόλις, Ptol. 4.5.61; Paus. 8.9; D. C. 69.11; Amm. Marc. 19.12, 22.16; Au
• Antinum a city of the Marsians, still called Cività d' Antino. situated on a lofty hill in the upp
• Antiocheia ANTIOCHIA or-- ANTIOCHEA (Ἀντιόχεια: Eth. Ἀντιοχεύς, Eth. Ἀντιόχειος, Antiochensis: Adj. Ἀ
• Antiocheia 1. CALLIRRHOE. [EDESSA.] 2. MYGDONIAE. [NISIBIS.] 3. CILICIAE, is placed by Stephanus (s.
• Antipatria or--EA, a town of Illyricum situated on the right bank of the Apsus, in a narrow pass. (Li
• Antipatris a city built by Herod the Great, and named after his father Antipater. It was situated in
• Antiphellus a town of Lycia, on the south coast, at the head of a bay. An inscription copied by Fellow
• Antiphrae a small inland town of the Libyae Nomos, not far from the sea, and a little W.…
• Antipolis a town in Gallia Narbonensis. D'Anville (Notice, &c.) observes that he believes that this
• Antiquaria a municipium of Hispania Baetica. Its name occurs in the form Anticaria in inscriptions, a
• Antissa a city of the island Lesbos, near to Cape Sigrium, the western point of Lesbos (Steph. B.
• Antium one of the most ancient and powerful cities of Latium, situated on a promontory or…
• Antron a town of Thessaly in the district Phthiotis, at the entrance of the Maliac gulf, and oppo
• Antunnacum a Roman post on the left bank of the Rhine, in the territory of the Ubii. [TREVIRI] It is
• Anxanum or ANXA (Ἄγξανον: Eth. Anxanus, Plin.; Anxas,--ātis, Anxianus, Inscrr.) 1. A city of the F
• Aones Aones (Ἄονες), the name of some of the most ancient inhabitants of Boeotia, who derived th
• Aornus . 1. In India intra Gangem, a lofty and precipitous rock, where the Indians of the, countr
• Aorsi Aorsi (Eth. Ἄορσοι: Strab., Ptol., Plin., Steph.B.), or ADORSI (Tac. Ann. 12.15), a numero
• Aous more rarely AEAS (Ἄωος, Ἀῶος, Ἀῷος, Pol. Strab. Liv.: Αἴας, Hecat. ap. Strab. p. 316; Scyl
• Apameia -EA, or--IA (Ἀπάμεια: Eth. Ἀπαμεύς, Eth. Apameensis, Eth. Apamensis,Eth. Apamenus, Eth. Ap
• Apanestae or APENESTAE (Απενέσται:), a town on the coast of Apulia, placed by Ptolemy among the., Da
• Apaturum or APATURUS (Ἀπάτουρον, Strab.; Ἀπάτουρος, Steph. B. sub voce Ptol.), a town of the Sindae
• Apavarcticene a district of Parthia, in the…
• Apenninus Mons Mons (ὁ Ἀπέννινος, τὸ Ἀπέννινον ὄρος. The singular form is generally used, in Greek as wel
• Aperantia the name of a district in the NE. of Aetolia, probably forming part of the territory of th
• Aperlae a place in Lycia, fixed by the Stadiasmus 60 stadia west of Somena, and 64 stadia west of
• Aperopia a small island, which Pausanias describes as lying off the promontory Buporthmus in Hermio
• Apesas a mountain in Peloponnesus above Nemea in the territory of Cleonae, where Perseus is said
• Aphaca a town of Syria, midway between Heliopolis and Byblus. (Zosim. 1.58.) In the neighbourhood
• Aphetae a port of Magnesia in Thessaly, said to have derived its name from the departure of the Ar
• Aphidna or APHIDNAE (Ἄφιδνα, Ἀφίδναι: Eth. Ἀφιδναῖος), one of the twelve ancient towns of Attica (
• Aphle or APLE, a town of Susiana, 60 M. P. below Susa, on a lake which Pliny (6.27. s. 31) calls
• Aphrodisias . 1. (Ghera) an ancient town of Caria, situated at Ghera or Geyra, south of Antiocheia on
• Aphrodisias an island adjacent to the N. coast of Africa, marking the extent westward of the people ca
• Aphrodisias a town in the S. of Laconia, on the Boeatic gulf, said to have been founded by Aeneas. (Pa
• Aphrodisium 1. (Ἀφροδίσιον, Strab. p. 682; Ptol. 5.14; Ἀφροδισιάς, Steph. B. sub voce s. v.: Eth. Ἀφρο
• Aphrodisius Mons Mons (τὸ Ἀφροδίσιον ὄρος), a mountain in Spain, mentioned by Appian as a stronghold of Vir
• Aphroditopolis APHRODITO, VENERIS OPPIDUM (Ἀφροδίτης πόλις, Ἀφροδιτόπολις, Ἀφροδίτω: Eth. Ἀφροδιτοπολίτης
• Aphthites Nomos Nomos (ὁ Ἀφθίτης νομός), a nomos of Lower Egypt, in the Delta, mentioned by Herodotus, bet
• Aphytis a town on the eastern side of the peninsula Pallene, in…
• Apila a river in Pieria in Macedonia, rising in Mt. Olympus, and flowing into the sea near Herac
• Apiolae an ancient city of Latium, which took the lead among the Latin cities in the war against T
• Apis a seaport town (Polyb. Exc. Leg. 115) on the N. coast of Africa, about 11 or 12 miles W. o
• Apobathmi Apobathmi (Ἀπόβαθοι), a small place in Argolis, near the frontiers of Cynuria, was said to
• Apocopa Magna and Parva, respectively Bandel d'Agoa and Cape Bedouins, were two small towns in a b
• Apollinis Promontorium Promontorium (Ἀπόλλωνος ἄκρον), in N. Africa. 1. Also called Ἀπολλώνιον (Strab. xvii. p.83
• Apollinopolis the name of several cities in Egypt.-- 1. APOLLINOPOLIS MAGNA (πόλις μεγάλη Ἀπόλλωνος, Str
• Apollonia in Europe. 1. A city of Sicily, which, according to Steph. Byz., was situated in the neigh
• Apollonia in Asia. 1. The chief town of a district in Assyria, named Apolloniatis. Apollonia is inco
• Apollonia in Africa, one of the five cities of the Libyan Pentapolis in Cyrenaica. It was originally
• Apollonis a town the position of which is connected with that of Apollonia in Mysia. South of this A
• Apollonos Hieron Hieron (Ἀπολλῶνος ἱερον: Eth. Apollonos hieritae), is mentioned by Pliny (5.29). It seems
• Aponus or APONI FONS, a celebrated source of mineral and thermal waters, situated near the foot o
• Appia a town of Phrygia, which, according to Pliny (5.29), belonged to the conventus of Synnada.
• Aprilis Lacus Lacus an extensive marshy lake in Etruria, situated near the sea-shore between Populonium
• Aprustum a town in the interior of Bruttium, mentioned by Pliny (3.11.98), who tells us that it was
• Apsarus or ABSARUM (Plin. Nat. 6.4), a river and a fort, as Pliny calls it, in faucibus, 140 M.P.
• Apsilae ABSILAE, APSILII (Ἀψίλαι, Ἀψίλιοι), a people of Colchis, on the coast of the Euxine, subje
• Apsinthii Apsinthii or APSYNTHII (Eth. Ἀψίνθιοι, Eth. Ἀψύνθιοι), a people of Thrace, bordering on th
• Apsus a considerable river of Illyria, rising in Mount Pindus and flowing into the sea between t
• Apta Julia Julia (Apt), a city of the Vulgientes, on the road from Arelate (Arles), on the Rhone, alo
• Aptera a city of Crete situated to the E. of Polyrrhenia, and 80 stadia from Cydonia…
• Apuani Apuani a Ligurian tribe, mentioned repeatedly by Livy. From the circumstances related by h
• Apulia Eth. Apulus, a province, or region, in the SE. of Italy, between the Apennines and the Adr
• Apulum or APULA (Tab. Peut.), or…
• Aquae the name given by the Romans to many medicinal springs and bathing-places. The most import
• Aquae Apollinares Apollinares was the name given to some warm springs between Sabate and Tarquinii, in Etrur
• Aquae Aure Aure LIAEorCOLONIA AURELIA AQUENSIS (Baden-Baden), a watering place in a lovely valley of
• Aquae Bormonis Bormonis (Bourbon l'Archam bault). The site of these hot springs is marked in the Theodosi
• Aquae Caesaris Caesaris (prob. Ukus, Ru.), 7 M. P. south west of Tipasa, in Numidia, and evidently, from
• Aquae Calidae Calidae The position of this place is marked in the Theodosian Table by its being on the r
• Aquae Calidae Calidae (Ὕδατα Θερμὰ Κολωνία, Ptol.: Hammane Meriga, large Ru. and hot springs), in Mauret
• Aquae Calidae Calidae (Hammam Gurbos, with hot springs), in Zeugitana, on the gulf of Carthage, directly
• Aquae Convenarum Convenarum These waters are placed by the Anton. Itin. on the road from Aquae Tarbellicae
• Aquae Gratianae Gratianae in the territory of the Allobroges, appear, from inscriptions, to be the mineral
• Aquae Hispanicae Hispanicae (1.) BILBITANORUM (Alhama), a town with baths, in Hispania Tarraco. nensis, abo
• Aquae Labanae Labanae (τὰ Λαβανὰ ὕδατα), are mentioned by Strabo (v. p.238) as cold sulphureous waters a
• Aquae Mattiacae Mattiacae or FONTES MATTIACI, a watering place with hot springs, in the country of the Mat
• Aquae Neri Aquae Neri So the name is written in the Theodosian Table; for which we ought probably to
• Aquae Nisineii Aquae Nisineii is designated in the Theodosian Table by the square figure or building whic
• Aquae Passeris Passeris one of the numerous places in Etruria frequented for its warm baths, which appear
• Aquae Regiae Regiae (Hammam Truzza, or the Ru. on the river Mergaleel, S. of Truzza, Shaw), a place of
• Aquae Segeste Segeste a place denoted in the Peutinger Table as the site of mineral waters. D'Anville (N
• Aquae Segete Segete the name of a place in the Theodosian Table, which may possibly be corrupt. It is d
• Aquae Sextiae Sextiae (Aix), in the department of Bouches du Rhône, is 18 Roman miles north of Massilia
• Aquae Siccae Siccae a name which the Anton. Itin. places between Calagorris and Vernosole, on the road
• Aquae Solis Solis (Bath), in Britain, mentioned under this name in the Itinerarium Antonini, in Ptolem
• Aquae Statiellae Statiellae (Ἀκούαι Στατιέλλαι, Strab.), a city of Liguria, situated on the N. side of the
• Aquae Tacapitanae Tacapitanae (El Hammat-el-Khabs), so called from the important town of TACAPE at the botto
• Aquae Tarbellicae Tarbellicae (Dax or Dacqs) or AQUAE TARBELLAE, as Ausonius calls it (Praef. Tres, Syragrio
• Aquae Tauri Aquae Tauri another of the numerous watering-places of Etruria, situated about three miles
• Aquae Tibilitanae Tibilitanae (Hammam Meskoutin, or perhaps Hammam-el-Berda), in Numidia, near the river Rub
• Aquilaria a place on the coast of Zeugitana, 22 M. P. from Clupea, with a good summer roadstead, bet
• Aquileia the capital of the province of Venetia, and one of the most important…
• Aquilonia . The existence of two cities of this name, both situated in Samnium, appears to be clearl
• Aquinum . 1. One of the most important cities of the Volscians, was situated on the Via Latina bet
• Aquitania AQUITANI (Ἀκυϊτανία, Ἀκυιτανοί, Strab.). Caesar (Caes. Gal. 1.1) makes Aquitania one of th
• Ar . Stephanus (s. v. Ἀρμένη) observes that Xenophon in the Anabasis (6.1.15) writes it Ἀρμήν
• Ara Ubiorum Ubiorum an altar and sacred place in the territory of the Ubii, on the west side of the Rh
• Arabia (ἡ Ἀραβία: Eth. Ἄραψ, Eth. Ἀράβιος, Her.; Ἄραβος, Aesch. Pers. 318, fem. Ἀράβισσα, Tzetz.;
• Arabia Felix Felix (Ἀραβία εὐδαίμων, Peripl. p. 14; Ἀραβίας ευπόριον, Ptol. 6.7.9; ἡ Ἀραβία τὸ ἐυπόριον
• Arabiae and ARABICUS MONS (τῆς Ἀραβίης, τὸ Ἀράβιον ὀ͂ρος: Jebel Mokattem, &c.), the name given by
• Arabicus Sinus Sinus or MARE RUBRUM (δ Ἀράβιος κόλπος, Herod., &c.; in some later writers Ἀραβικὸς κόλπος
• Arabis a river of Gedrosia, which flowed from the Montes Baeti (Washati), through the country of
• Arabrica a stipendiary town of the Lusitai, in Hispania Lusitanica, on the right bank of the Tagus,
• Aracca a town in Susiana, on the Tigris. Bochart (ad Gen. 10.10) has attempted to identify it wit
• Araceli Araceli (Eth. Aracelitanus: Huarte Araquil), a stipendiary town of the Vascones,: in the c
• Arachnaeum a mountain in Peloponnesus, forming the boundary between the territories of Corinth and Ep
• Arachosia a province of Eastern Persia…
• Arachotus 1. (Ἀράχωτος, Ptol. 6.20.5; Isid. Charax; Plin. Nat. 6.23; Arachoti, Ἄραχωτοι, Strab. xi.
• Arachthus (Ἄραχθος, Pol. 22.9; Ptol. 3.13; Liv. 43.22; Plin. Nat. 4.1; Ἄρατθος, Strab. pp. 325, 327;
• Aracia an island off the coast of Persis, which appears from Ptolemy to have borne also the name
• Aracillum a town of the Cantabri, in Hispania Tarraconensis, not to be confounded with ARACELI (Oros
• Aracynthus a range of mountains in Aetolia running in a south-easterly direction from the Achelous to
• Arad a city of the Canaanites in the S. of Palestine, in the neighbourhood of the wilderness of
• Araden (Ἀραδήν: Eth. Ἀραδήνιος, Steph. B. sub voce a city of Crete, formerly called Anopolis. In
• Aradus 1. (ἡ Ἄραδος: Eth. Ἀράδιος, Aradius: O. T. Arvad, Arvadite, Gen. 10.18, 1 Chron. 1.16; Ἀρά
• Arae Hesperi Arae Hesperi (S. Lucar la Mayor), a town of Hispania Baetica, W. of Hispalis (Seville), me
• Arae Philaenortum Philaenortum (ὁι τῶν Φιλαίνων βωμοί, Strab. &c., but οἱ Φιλαίνου βωμοί, Plb. 3.39, 10.40),
• Arae Sestianae Sestianae (Σηστίου Βωμοί ὰ́κρον), three altars erected in honour of Augustus on a promonto
• Araethyrea the ancient capital of Phliasia, is said by Pausanias to have been originally named Aranti
• Aragus ARAGON, ARRHABON (Ἄραγος, Ἀραγῶν, Ἀρραβῶν: Aragui, or Arak), a river of Iberia, in Asia, f
• Arainus a small place in Laconia, on the western side of the Laconian gulf, containing the monumen
• Arandis a stipendiary town of the Celtici, in Lusitania, on the high road from…
• Arangas a mountain of Inner Libya, placed by Ptolemy immediately N. of the Equator, in 47 1/2° lon
• Arar or ARARIS (Ἄραρ, Ἄραρις: Saône), a river of Gallia, which rises in the high land, connecte
• Ararus a river of European Scythia (aft. in Dacia), flowing from the N. into the Ister. (Hdt. 4.4
• Arauris . The name Ῥαύραρις in Strabo (p. 182) is a false transcript for Ἀραύρις. Strabo describes
• Arausio a town in the territory of the Cavares or Cavari (Strab. p. 185), north of Arelate (Aries)
• Aravi Aravi a people of Lusitania, in the neighbourhood of Norba Caesarea, mentioned in the insc
• Aravisci Aravisci (Eth. Ἀραβίσκοι, Ptol. 2.16.3; Evavisci, Plin. Nat. 3.25. s. 28), a people of Pan
• Araxa a city of Lycia, according to Alexander Polyhistor, in the second book of his Lysiaca. (St
• Araxes . 1. (Eraskh, Rakhsi, Aras, Ras), a large river of Armenia, which takes its rise from a nu
• Arba an island off the coast of Illyria. (Plin. Nat. 3.21.25.) Ptolemy (2.16 [17]. § 13) calls
• Arbace a city of Hispania Tarraconensis, in Celtiberia, according to Juba (Steph. B. sub voce pro
• Arbalo a place in Germany, where Drusus gained a victory, but its position is quite uncertain. (P
• Arbeja occurs in the Notitia Dignitatum. Name for name it coincides with Ireby in Cumberland; but
• Arbela 1. (τὰ Ἄρβηλα: Eth. Ἀρβηλῖται, Strab. xi. p.737; Diod. 17.53; Arrian, Arr. Anab. 3.8, 15;
• Arbelitis the district around Arbela, which Pliny (6.13. s. 16) calls a part of Adiabene. In Strabo
• Arca a town of Phoenicia, situated between Tripolis…
• Arcadia a city of Crete, which in Hierocles is placed between Lyctus and Cnossus; but in Kiepert's
• Arcadia the central country of Peloponnesus, was bounded on the E. by Argolis, on the N. by Achaia
• Arceuthus a small tributary of the Orontes in Syria, flowing through the plain of Antioch. (Strab. x
• Archabis a river of Pontus,--or Arabis, as it stands in the text of Scylax (p. 32)--appears to be t
• Archaeopolis a city of Colchis, on the borders of Iberia, in a very strong position on a rock near the
• Archandrotpolis a city in Lower Egypt, between Naucratis and Sais, which derived its name, according to He
• Archelais . 1. In Cappadocia, and on the Halys, as Pliny states (6.3); a foundation of Archelaus, th
• Arci Arci a city of Hispania Baetica, and a colony, is identified by coins and inscriptions wit
• Arcidava a city of Dacia, on the road from Viminaocium to Tiviscum, probably near Safka or Slatina,
• Arcobriga a stipendiary city of the Celtiberi, in Hispania Tarraconensis, between Segontia and Aquae
• Arconnesus a small island of Caria, near to the mainland, and south of Halicarnassus. It is now calle
• Ardabda ARDAUDA (Ἀρδάβδα, Ἀρδαύδα), signifying the city of the seven gods, was the name given by t
• Ardanis or ARDANIA (Ἀρδανίς ἄκπα, Ptol. 4.5.2; Peripl.; Ἀρδανία, Strab. i. p.40, corrupted into Ἀρ
• Ardea a very ancient city of Latium, still called Ardea, situated on a small river about 4 miles
• Ardelica a town of Gallia Transpadana, which occupied the site of the modern Peschiera, at the SE.
• Ardericca a small place in Assyria on the Euphrates above Babylon (Hdt. 1.185), about which the cour
• Ardiaei Ardiaei (Eth. Ἀρδιαῖοι), an Illyrian people mentioned by Strabo, probably inhabited Mt. Ar
• Ardobrica a sea-port town of the Artabri, in the NW. of Spain, on the great gulf called Portus Artab
• Arduenna the largest forest in Gallia in Caesar's time. (B. G. 5.3, 6.29, 33.) He describes it in o
• Ardyes Ardyes (Ἄρδυες), a tribe of Celtae, whom Polybius (3.47) places in the upper or northern v
• Arebrigium a town or village of the Salassi, mentioned only in the Itineraries, which place it on the
• Arelate a city of the Provincia or Gallia Narbonensis, first mentioned by Caesar (B.C. 1.36, 2.5),
• Arenacum is mentioned by Tacitus (Tac. Hist. 5.20) as the station of the tenth legion, when Civilis
• Arenae Montes Montes according to the common text of Pliny (3.1. s. 3), are the sand-hills (Arenas Gorda
• Arene a town mentioned by Homer as belonging to the dominions of Nestor. and situated near the s
• Areopolis identical with Ar of Moab. S. Jerome explains the name to be compounded of the Hebrew word
• Arethusa 1. (Ἀρέθουσα: Eth. Ἀρεθούσιος, Arethusius, Plin. Nat. 5.23), a city of Syria, not far from
• Aretias a small island on the coast of Pontus, 30 stadia east of Pharnacia (Kerasunt), called Ἄρεο
• Areva a tributary of the river Durius, in Hispania Tarraconensis, from which the Arevaci derived
• Arevaci Arevaci, AREVACAE (Eth. Ἀρεουάκοι, Strab. iii. p.162; Ptol. 2.6.56; Ἀραυακαί, Pol. 35.2; Ἀ
• Argaeus a lofty mountain in Cappadocia, at the foot of which was Mazaca. It is, says Strabo (p. 53
• Arganthonius a mountain range in Bithynia, which forms a peninsula, and divides the gulfs of Cius and A
• Argaricus Sinus Sinus (Palk's Bay), a large bay of India intra Gangem, opposite to the island of Taprobane
• Argennum a promontory of the territory of Erythrae, the nearest point of the mainland to Posidium i
• Argenomesci Argenomesci or ORGENOMESCI, a tribe of the Cantabri, on the N. coast of Hispania Tarracone
• Argentaria also called ARGENTOVARIA, may be Artzenheim in the old province of Alsace, between the Vos
• Argentarius Mons Mons a remarkable mountain-promontory on the coast of Etruria, still called Monte Argentar
• Argentarius Mons Mons (Avien. Or. Marit. 291; Ἀργυροῦν ορος, Strab. iii. p.148), that part of M. OROSPEDA i
• Argente OLUM: (It. Ant. p. 423; Ἀργεντέολα, Ptol. 2.6.28: Torienzo or Torneras?), a town of the As
• Argenteus a river of Gallia Narbonensis, mentioned by Aemilius Lepidus in a letter to Cicero, B.C. 4
• Argentomagus a place in Gaul, which seems to be identified by the modern name, and by the routes in the
• Argentoratum or ARGENTORATUS (Amm. Marc. 15.11: Strassbury on the Rhine), is first mentioned by Ptolemy
• Argilus a city of Macedonia in the district Bisaltia, between Amphipolis and Bromiscus. It was fou
• Arginusae three small islands near the mainland of Aeolis, and near Canae on the mainland. (Strab. p
• Argippaei Argippaei (Eth. Ἀργιππαῖοι, according to the common text of Hdt. 4.23; but two good MSS. h
• Argithea the capital of Athamania, a district of Epirus, situated betwixt rocky mountains and deep
• Argob a district in Bashan, E. of the lake of Gennesareth, which was given to the half-tribe of
• Argolicus Sinus Sinus (δ Ἀργολικὸς κόλπος), the gulf between Argolis and Laconia, but sometimes used, in a
• Argos . Argos is said by Strabo (viii. p.372) to have signified a plain in the language of: the
• ARGOS AMPHILOCHICUM, Argivi AMPHILOCHICUM, Argivi. ARGOS AMPHILOCHICUM (Ἄργος τὸ Ἀμφιλοχικόν: Ethx. Ἀργεῖος: Neokhori)
• Argos Oresticum Oresticum (Ἄργος Ὀρεστικόν), the chief town of the Orestae, said to have been founded by O
• Argos Pelasgicum Pelasgicum (Ἄργος Πελασγικόν), was probably employed by Homer (Hom. Il. 2.681) to signify
• Argura . 1. Called ARGISSA (Ἄργισσα) in Homer (Hom. Il. 2.738), a town in Pelasgiotis in Thessaly
• Argyphea a place mentioned in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo (432) along with Arene, and therefore prob
• Argyre the capital of the large island of Jabadin, which Ptolemy places S. of the Aurea Chersones
• Argyria mentioned in the Periplus of Arrian (p. 17) as 20 stadia east of Tripolis (Tireboli), in P
• Argyrini Argyrini (Eth. Ἀργυρῖνοι), an Epirote people dwelling on the Ceraunian mountains, whose na
• Aria a province on the NE. of Persia, bounded on the N. by the…
• Aria is mentioned by Florez, Ukert, and other writers as a town of Hispania Baetica, on the aut
• Aria Civitas Civitas (Ἀρεία, Ptol. 6.17.7; Aris, Tab. Peutinger.). There seems no reason to doubt that
• Aria Lacus Lacus (ἡ Ἀρία λιμνὴ, Ptol. 6.14.2), a lake on the NW. boundary of Drangiana and the Desert
• Ariaca a considerable district of India intra Gangem, along the W. coast of the peninsula, corres
• Ariaca or ARTIACA, a town of Gallia, which is represented by Arcis-sur-Aube, according to the Ant
• Arialdinum a considerable inland town of Hispania Baetica, in the conventus of Corduba, and the distr
• Ariana a district of wide…
• Ariaspae a tribe of the province of Drangiana, who lived apparently at its southern extremity, adjo
• Ariassus a city of Pisidia, which may be, as Cramer suggests (Asia Min vol. ii. p. 299), the same c
• Arichi Arichi (Eth. Ἄριχοι, Eth. Ἄσριχοι), a people of Sarmatia Asiatica, near M. Corax, probably
• Aricia an ancient and celebrated city of Latium, situated on the…
• Ariconium the third station of the Itinerarium Antonini, on the road from Caerleon to Silchester, be
• Arigaeum a city of the Paropamisus, in the extreme N. of India (properly beyond its boundary), in t
• Arimaspi Arimaspi (Ἀριμασποί), a Scythian people. The first extant notice of the Arimaspi is in Her
• Arimathea A city of the Jews (Luke, 23.51), placed by St. Jerome near Diospolis or Lydda (Epitaph. P
• Ariminum one of the most important and celebrated cities of Umbria, situated on the coast of the Ad
• Ariola in Gallia, is placed by the Antonine Itin. on the road from Durocortorum (Rheims), through
• Ariolica 1. A. station and village on the road over the Graian Alps, immediately at the foot of the
• ARISBA or ARISBE or ARISBE. ARISBA (Ἀρίσβη: Eth. Ἀρισβαἰος), a town of Mysia, mentioned by Homer (Hom. Il.
• Aristerae a small island off the coast of Troezenia, near the Scyllaeum promontory. (Paus. 2.34.8; P
• Aritium Praetorium Praetorium (Ἀρίτιον, Ptol. 2.5.7: Salvatierra or Benevente), a town of Lusitania, on the h
• Arius the only river of Aria (now…
• Arizanti Arizanti (Ἀριζαντοί, Her. 1.101), one of the six tribes of ancient Media mentioned by Hero
• Armenia . There is so much difficulty in fixing the natural limits of the country designated by th
• Armeniae Pylae Pylae (Ἀρμενίων Πύλαι), the Armenian gates of Eratosthenes (Strab. ii. p.80), are identifi
• Armenium a town of Pelasgiotis in Thessaly, situated between Pherae and Larissa, near the lake Boeb
• Armorici Armorici or ARMORICAE CIVITATES (Caes. Gal. 5.53), are those people of the Celtica of Caes
• Armosota or ARSAMOSOTA (Ἀρμόσοτα, Plb. 8.25; Ἀποαυόοσοτα, Ptol. v, 13; Armosota, Plin. Nat. 6.9; Ar
• Arna a city of Umbria, mentioned both by Silius Italicus and Ptolemy, as well as by Pliny, who
• Arnae a town in the Macedonian Chalcidice, a day's march from Aulon and Bromiscus; but its site
• Arne . 1. The chief town of the Aeolian Boeotians in Thessaly, which was said to have derived i
• Arneae a small city of Lycia mentioned by Capito in his Isaurica. (Steph. s. v. Ἀρνεαί.) It is su
• Arnissa a town of Macedonia in the province Eordaea, probably in the vale of Ostrovo, at the entra
• Arnon a river which separates Trans-Jordanic Palestine from Moab. (Num. 21.13, 26; Deut. 2.24, 3
• Arnus the principal river of Tuscany, and next to the Tiber the most considerable river of Centr
• Aroanius the name of three rivers in Arcadia. 1. Or OLBIUS (Ὄλβιος), called ANIAS (Ἀνίας) by Strabo
• Aroer a city of the Amorites on the north side of the valley of the Arnon (Wady-el-Môjib) (Deut.
• Aromata Promontorium Promontorium (Ἀρώματα ακρον καὶ ἐμπόριον, Ptol. 4.7.10; Ἄρωμα, Steph. B. sub voce Arrian,
• Arosapes a river of Ariana, in the SE. part of Persia; conjectured by Forbiger (Alt. Geogr. vol. ii
• Arosis a river which flowed into the Persian Gulf, forming the boundary of Susiana and Persis. It
• Arpi Arpi (Ἄρποι, Ptol.: Eth. Ἀρπανός, Eth. Arpanus, Plin., Arpinus, Liv.: Arpa), called also A
• Arpinum a very ancient and celebrated city of the Volscians, situated on a hill rising above the v
• Arra 1. (Marrah, Máarra), a town of Chalcidice, in Syria, 20 M.P. S. of Chalcis (It. Ant. p. 19
• Arrabo . 1. A river, one of the feeders of the Danube, and the boundary between Upper and Lower P
• Arrechi Arrechi (Ἀρρηχοί), a tribe of the Maeotae, on the E. side of the Palus Maeotis (Strab. xi.
• Arretium one of the most ancient and powerful cities of Etruria, situated in the upper valley of ti
• Arrhapachitis a district of Assyria Proper, adjoining Armenia, named probably from a town which Ptol. (6
• Arrhiana a town in the Thracian Chersonesus on the Hellespont, near Cynossema, mentioned only by Th
• Arriaca or CARACCA (Κάραιεκα, Ptol. 2.6.57; Geog. Rav. 4.44), a town of the Carpetani, in Hispania
• Arsa a city of the Turduli, in the district of Baeturia in Hispania Baetica, belonging to the c
• Arsa or VARSA (Ἄρσα, Ουαρσἄ), a district of India intra Gangem, in the N. of the Panjab. It was
• Arsada or ARSADUS, a town of Lycia, not mentioned, so far as appears, by any ancient writer. The
• Arsanias an affluent of the Euphrates according to Pliny (5.24, 6.31; comp. Tac. Ann. 15.15; Plut.
• Arsenaria an important city of Numidia, or, according to the later…
• Arsene a large lake situated in the S. of Armenia. Strabo (xi. p.529) says that it was also calle
• Arsesa a town and district of Armenia, on the NE. of Lake Ván; the district is probably the same
• Arsia a small river of Istria, still called Arsa, which became the boundary between Italy and Il
• Arsia Silva Silva a wood on the confines of the Roman and Veientine territories, where a battle was fo
• Arsiana a town of Susiana. It may be, perhaps, the same as the Tareiana (Ταρειάνα) of Ptol. (6.3.5
• Arsinarium PR. (Ἀρσινάριον ἄκρον), a headland on the W. coast of Libya Interior, placed by Ptolemy (4
• Arsinoe the name of several cities which derived…
• Artabri Artabri (Eth. Ἄρταβροι, Eth. Ἀροτρέβαι, Eth. Arrotrebae), a people in the extreme NW. of H
• Artabrorum Portus Portus (Ἀρταβρὠν λιμήν). a sea-port town of the Artabri (Gallaeci) S. of Pr. Nerium. (Ptol
• Artabrorum Sinus Sinus a bay on the coast of the Artabri, with a narrow entrance, but widening inwards, hav
• Artace a town of Mysia, near Cyzicus (Hdt. 4.14), and a Milesian colony. (Strab. pp. 582, 635.) I
• Artaea a district of Persia, where, according to Hellanicus (Hellan. Fragm. No. Ixiii. p. 97, Stu
• Artageira a city of Inner Libya, placed by Ptolemy on the N. side of the river Geir, in 44 1/2° long
• Artagera a town of Armenia, supposed to be the same as the Artagigarta of Ptolemy (Ἀρταγιγάρτα, 5.1
• Artamis a river of Bactria, which flowed into the Zariaspis (or river of Balkh). Wilson (Ariana, p
• Artanes also written Artannes and Artanos, a small river of Bithynia, placed by Arrian (p. 13) 150
• Artanissa a city of Iberia, in Asia, between the Cyrus and M. Caucasus (Ptol. 5.1 § 3). It was one o
• Artaunum is generally believed to be the fort which Drusus erected on mount Taunus (Tac. Ann. 1.56)
• Artaxata the ancient capital of Armenia, situated…
• Artemisium . 1. Artemisium The name of the northern coast and of a promontory of Euboea, immediately
• Artemita 1. (Ἀρτέμιτα, Strab. xi. p.519, xvi. p. 744; Ptol. 6.1.6; Steph.; Isid. Char. p. 5; Artemi
• Artena 1. A city of the Volscians, known only from the account in Livy (4.61) of its siege and ca
• Artigi Artigi two cities of Hispania Baetica. 1. In the N., on the high road from Corduba to Emer
• Arualtes (ὁ Ἀρουάλτης ὄρος, a mountain of Inner Libya, placed by Ptolemy a little to the N. of the
• Aruci Aruci (Ἀροὐκι). 1. A city of the Celtici, in Hispania Baetica, in the neighbourhood of Aru
• Arunda a city of the Celtici, in Hispania Baetica, in the conventus of Hispalis (Ptol. 2.4.15; Pl
• Arupium a town of the Iapydes in Illyricum, which was taken by Augustus, after it had…
• Arva a municipium of Hispania Baetica, on the right bank of the Baetis (Guadalquivir), two leag
• Arvarni Arvarni (Eth. Ἀρούαρνοι), a people of India intra Gangem, W. of the river Maesolus, along
• Arverni Arverni (Eth. Ἀρουέρνοι, Strab. p. 190), a nation of Celtica, and in Caesar's time one of
• Arvii Arvii are only mentioned by Ptolemy, who places them in Gallia Lugdunensis, next to the Di
• Arxata ), a town of Armenia, situated on the borders of Atropatene. (Strab. xi. p.529; Eckhel, vo
• Arycanda a city in Lycia (Steph. s. v. Ἀρυκάνδα; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. Od. 7), on the river Arycandus
• Arzanene a province in the S. of Armenia, situated on the left bank of the Tigris, extending to the
• Arzen a town of Armenia to the E. of Theodosiopolis (Erzrúm). According to native writers it con
• Asa Paulini Asa Paulini a place on the road from Lugdunum (Lyon) to Augustodunum (Autun). It is placed
• Asaei Asaei (Ἀσαῖι), a people of Sarmatia Asiatica, near the Suardeni and the upper course of th
• Asama a river of Mauretania Tingitana, falling into the Atlantic, in 32° N. lat. (Ptol. 4.1.3),
• Asbystae a Libyan tribe, in the inland parts of Cyrenaica, S. of Cyrene, and W. of the Giligammae;
• Ascalon one of the five cities…
• Ascania Lacus Lacus or ASCANIUS (Ἀσκανία: Isnik), a large lake in Bithynia, at the east extremity of whi
• Ascatancae a people of Scythia intra Imaum, adjacent to the mountain called ASCATANCAS: extending E.
• Ascatancas a mountain range of Asia, forming a part of the E. boundary which divided the land of the
• Asciburgium or ASCIBURGIA (Ἀσκιβούργιον), a town near the left bank of the lower Rhine, the foundation
• Ascra a town of Boeotia on Mount Helicon, and in the territory of Thespiae, from which it was 40
• Ascua a city of the Carpetani, in Hispania Tarraconensis. (Liv. 23.27: Gronovius proposes to rea
• Asculum 1. (Ἄσκλον, Plut. Dionys.: Eth. Ἀσκλαῖος, Appian., Asculanus: Ascoli), a city of Apulia, s
• Ascuris a lake in Thessaly in the range of Mt. Olympus. The castle LAPATHUS which Livy describes a
• Asea a town of Arcadia in the district Maenalia, situated near the frontier of Laconia, on the
• Ashtaroth and ASHTAROTH CARNAIM (Ἀσταρώθ, Ἀσταρώθ καὶ Καρνᾳΐν, LXX., El-Mezârîb), a town of Bashan (
• Asia (ἡ Ἀσία, sc. γἠ; Poet. Ἀσίς,--ίδος, Aesch. Pers. 763, Ἀσὶς αἴη, Dion. Perieg. 20, Ἀσίδος ἠ
• Asia a Roman provincial division of the country, which we call Asia Minor. The Roman province o
• Asiani Asiani, ASII (Ἀσιανοί, Ἄσιοι), a Scythian tribe in the part of Asia E. of the Caspian, who
• Asido an inland city of Hispania Baetica, belonging to the conventus of Hispalis. It was a colon
• Asinarus or ASSINARUS (Ἀσίναρος, Diod. Plut. Ἀσσίναρος, Thuc.), a small river on the E. coast of Si
• Asine as one of the places subject to Diomedes. It is said to have been founded by…
• Asisium a town of Umbria, situated on the western…
• Asmiraea a district of Serica, N. of the Asmiraei M. (τὰ Ἀσμίραια ὄρη), with a city of the same nam
• Asopus . 1. A river of Boeotia, flowing through the southern part of this country, in an easterly
• Aspa Luca Luca in Aquitania, is mentioned in the Anton. Itin., on the road between Caesaraugusta (Sa
• Aspabota a town of Scythia intra Imaum, on the Caspian (Sea of Aral), N. of the mouth of the Oxus.
• Aspacara ASPACARAE (Ἀσπακάρα, Ἀσπακᾶραι), a city and people of Serica, S. of the Issedones. (Ptol.
• Asparagium a town of Illyria, in the territory of Dyrrhachium, where Pompey was encamped for some tim
• Aspasii Aspasii (Eth. Ἀσπάσιοι, V. R. Ἄσπιοι), a tribe of the Paropamisadae at the S. foot of the
• Aspavia a fortress in the S. of Spain, mentioned in the account of Caesar's campaign against Sext.
• Aspendus a city of Pamphylia, on the Eurymedon, 60 stadia from the mouth of the river, and an Argei
• Aspis aft. known by the Roman translation CLUPEA, CLYPEA (Κλύπεα, Strab. Ptol. Kalibiah, Ru.), a
• Aspis a town and promontory of N. Africa, on the coast of the Great Syrtis, with the best harbou
• Aspisii Aspisii (Ἀσπίσιοι Σκύθαι), a people of Scythia intra Imaum, N. of the Jaxartes, and W. of
• Aspledon also called SPLEDON, an ancient city of Boeotia, mentioned by Homer (Il. 2.510), distant 2
• Aspona or ASPUNA (Ἄσπονα), a place in Galatia, named in all the Itineraries. Ammianus Marcellinus
• Aspurgiani Aspurgiani (Ἀσπουργιανοί, V.R. Ἀσπουγγιτανοί), a tribe of the Asiatic Maeotae, on the E. s
• Assa a town of Chalcidice, in Macedonia, on the Singitic gulf. (Hdt. 7.122.) It is probably the
• Assacani Assacani (Curt 8.10. s. 38), ASSACENI (Ἀσσακηνοί, Arrian, Arr. Anab. 4.25, 5.20; Ἀστακηνοί
• Assesus a town in the territory of Miletus (Hdt. 1.19, 22; Steph. B. sub voce Ἀσσησός), with a tem
• Assorus a city of the interior of Sicily, situated about half way between Agyrium and Enna. It was
• Assurae a considerable inland city of the Roman province Africa, in the N. of Byzacena…
• Assus a city of Mysia, on the gulf of Adramyttium, between Cape Lectum and Antandros. It was sit
• Assus a river of Boeotia, flowing into the Cephissus on its left bank, near the city of the Para
• Assyria (ἡ Ἀσσυριά, Hdt. 2.17, 4.39: Ptol. 6.1.1; Steph. B. sub voce Arrian, Anab. 7.21: Assyria,
• Asta a considerable city in the interior of Liguria, on the river Tanarus, still called Asti. I
• Asta an ancient city of the Celtici in Hispania Baetica, on an aestuary of the Gulf of Cadiz, 1
• Astabene . according to Isidore, a district between Hyrcania and Parthia, containing twelve village
• Astacus a town on the W. coast of Acarnania, on the bay now called Dragamesti, one side of which i
• Astacus a city of Bithynia, on the gulf of Astacus, and a colony from Megara and Athens. (Strab. p
• Astapa an inland city of Hispania Baetica, in an open plain on the S. margin of the valley of the
• Astelephus one of the small rivers of Colchis, rising in the Caucasus, and falling into the Euxine 12
• Asteris an island between Ithaca and Cephallenia, where the suitors laid in wait for Telemachus on
• Asterium a town of Thessaly, mentioned by Homer, who speaks of Asterium and the white summits of Ti
• Astigi Astigi, ASTGIS (Αστιγίς, Ptol. 2.4.14; Strab. iii. p.141, corrupted into Ἀστήνας in all th
• Astraeum a town of Paeonia in Macedonia, which Leake identifies with Strúnmitza. Aelian (H. An. 15.
• Astrum . 1. A town in Cynuria on the coast, and the first town in Argolis towards the frontiers o
• Astura . 1. A small islet on the coast of Latium, between Antium and Circeii, at the mouth of a r
• Astures Astures (sing. Astur, in poets; Αστυρες, Strab. iii. pp. 153, 155, 167; D. C. 53.25; Plin.
• Asturica Augusta Augusta (Αὐλούστα Ἀστυυρίκα, Ptol.: Ἀστουρικανοί, Asturicani: Astorga, Ru.), the chief cit
• Astycus a river of Paeonia, flowing into the Axius, on which was situated the residence of the Pae
• Astypalaea . 1. A promontory on the W. coast of Attica, between the promontories Zoster and Sunium an
• Astyra a small town of Mysia, in the plain of Thebes, between Antandros and Adramyttium. It had a
• Atabyrium or TABOR a mountain of Galilee, on the borders of Zebulon and Issachar. (Josh. 19.22; J. A
• Atalanta 1. (Talandonísi), a small island off Locris, in the Opuntian gulf, said to have been torn
• Atarantes Atarantes (Ἀτάραντες), a people of Inner Libya, in the N. part of the Great Desert (Sahara
• Atarneus or ATARNA (Ἀταρνεύς, Ἄταρνα: Eth. Ἀταρνεύς, Eth. Ἀταρνείτης), a city of Mysia, opposite to
• Atax or ATTAGUS, a river of Gallia Narbonensis, which rises on the north slope of the Pyrenees,
• Atella a city of Campania, situated on the road from Capua to Neapolis, at the distance of 9 mile
• Ater or NIGER MONS, a mountain range of Inner Libya, on the N. side of the Great Desert (Sahara
• Aternitum a city of the Vestini, situated on the coast of the Adriatic, at the mouth of the river At
• Aternus a considerable river of Central Italy, flowing into the Adriatic Sea between Adria and Ort
• Ateste a city of Northern Italy, situated in the interior of the province of Venetia, at the foot
• Athamania Eth. Athamanes, a district in the SE. of Epeirus, between Mount Pindus and the river Arach
• Athamantius Campus Campus (Ἀθαμάντιον πέδιον). 1. A plain in Boeotia, between Acraephium and the lake Copais,
• Athanagia a city of Spain, within the Iberus, the capital of the Ilergetes according to Livy (21.61)
• Athenae . Besides the celebrated city of this name, Stephanus B. (s. v.) mentions eight others, na
• Athenae a city and port of Pontus (Steph. B. sub voce Ἀθῆναι), with an Hellenic temple. According
• Athenae the capital of Attica. I. Situation. Athens is situated between four and five miles from t
• Athenaeon also called a harbour of the Scythotauri, was a port on the south coast of the Tauric Cher
• Athenaeum . 1. A fortress in the S. of Arcadia, and in the territory of Megalopolis, is described by
• Athenopolis a city on the coast of Gallia Narbonensis, dependent on Massilia. (Mela, 2.5; Plin. Nat. 3
• Athesis one of the principal rivers of Northern Italy, now called the Adige. It rises in the Rhaet
• Athos the lofty mountain at the extremity of the long peninsula, running out into the sea from C
• Athribis ATHLIBIS (Hdt. 2.166; Ptol. 4.5. § § 41, 51; Plin. Nat. 5.9. s. 11; Steph. Byz. s. v. Ἄθλι
• Athyras a river of Thrace between Selymbria and Byzantium. (Ptol. 3.11.6; Plin. Nat. 4.11. s. 18.
• Atina . 1. An ancient and important city of the Volscians, which retains its ancient name and po
• Atintania a mountainous district in Illyria, north of Molossis and east of Parauaea, through which t
• Atlantes Atlantes (Ἄτλαντες), a people in the interior of Libya, inhabiting one of the chain of oas
• Atlanticum Mare Mare The opinions of the ancients respecting the great body of water, which they knew to e
• Atlantis the Island of Atlas, is first mentioned by Plato, in the Timaeus (p. 24), and the Critias
• Atlas a name transferred from mythology to geography, and applied to the great chain of mountain
• Atrae or HATRAE (Ἄτραι, Herodian 3.28; Steph. Byz. s. v.; τὰ Ἄτρα, D. C. 67.31, 85.10; Hatra, Am
• Atrax a Perrhaebian town in Thessaly, described by Livy as situated above the river Peneius, at
• Atrebates Atrebates or ATREBATI (Eth. Ἀτρέβατοι, Strab. p. 194), one of the Belgic nations (Caesar,
• Atrebatii Atrebatii (Eth. Ἀτρεβάτιοι, Ptol. 2.3.26), in Britain, were the people about Calleva Attre
• Atropatene Strabo, in his…
• Atta Vicus Vicus (Ἄττα κώμν), a town in the country of the Aetaeei, on the west of the Persian Gulf,
• Attacotti Attacotti or ATTICOTTI, mentioned by Ammianus (27.28), as having, in conjunction with the
• Attacum a town of the Celtiberi in Hispania Tarraconensis, described on an inscription as a munici
• Attaleia or ATTALIA (Ἀττάλεια, Ἀτταλία: Eth. Ἀτταλεύς). 1. A city of Pamphylia. After mentioning Ph
• Attea a place on the sea coast of Mysia, which, if we follow the order of Strabo's enumeration (
• Attegua an inland town in the mountains of Hispania Baetica, in the district of Bastetania and the
• Attelebusa a small island in the Lycian sea, mentioned by Pliny (5.31) and by Ptolemy. Beaufort (Kara
• Attica one of the political divisions of Greece. Eth. Ἀττικός I. Name. The name of Attica is prob
• Atticitus or ANTICEITES (Ἀντικείτης, Strab. xi. pp. 494, 495), a great river in the country of the M
• Attidium a town of Umbria, mentioned only by Pliny, who enumerates the Attidiates among the inland
• Attubi Attubi or ATUBI (prob. Espejo, on the Guadajoz), a colony in Hispania Baetica, with the su
• Attuda a town of Caria, or of Phrygia, as some suppose, noticed only by Hierocles and the later a
• Aturia a river of Hispania Tarraconensis, in the territory of the Vascones. (Mela, 3.1; Ukert, vo
• Aturus as Lucan (1.420) names it, or ATURRUS (Auson. Mosell. 5.467), a river of Aquitania. Vibius
• Atusa a town in Assyria, the exact site of which has been much questioned. It has, however, been
• Aualites Sinus Sinus (Αὐαλίτης κόλπος, Steph. B. sub voce Ἀβαλίτης in some manuscripts of Ptolemy, 4.7. §
• Audus a river of Mauretania Caesariensis (aft. Sitifensis), falling into the Sinus Numidicus (G.
• Aufidena a city of northern Samnium, situated in the upper valley of the Sagrus, or Sangro. Ptolemy
• Aufidus the principal river of Apulia, and one of the most considerable of Southern Italy, flowing
• Aufina a city of the Vestini, mentioned only by Pliny (3.12. s. 17), who enumerates the Aufinates
• Aufona a river in Britain. In Tacitus (Annal 12.31) we find that Ostorius covered the rivers Sabr
• Augeiae . 1. A town of Locris Epicnemidia, near Scarpheia, mentioned by Homer, but which had disap
• Augila an oasis in the desert of Barca, in the region of Cyrenaica, in N. Africa, about 3…
• Augusta a Cilician town, in the interior. (Plin. Nat. 5.27.) The name shows that it was either fou
• Augusta Auscorum Auscorum (Auch), the chief town of the Ausci, a people of Aquitania. Augusta was originall
• Augusta Emerita Emerita (Αὐγούστα Ἠμερίτα: Merida, Ru.), the chief city of Lusitania in Spain, was built i
• Augusta Praetoria Praetoria (Αὐγούστα, Strab.; Αὐγούστα Πραιτωπία, Ptol.), a city of Cisalpine Gaul, in the
• Augusta Rauracorum Rauracorum (Augst), the chief town of the Rauraci, who bordered on the Helvetii. (Caes. Ga
• Augusta Suessonum Suessonum or SUESSIONUM (Soissons). The position of this place is determined by the Itiner
• Augusta Taurinorum Taurinorum (Αὐγούστα Ταυρινῶν, Ptol.: Torino or Turin), the capital of the Ligurian tribe
• Augusta Trevirorum Trevirorum (Trier, or Trèves, as the French call it), a town on the right bank of the Mose
• Augusta Tricastinorum Tricastinorum as Pliny (3.4) calls it, or Augusta, as it is simply called in the Itinerari
• Augusta Vagiennorum Vagiennorum (Αὐγούστα Βαγιεννῶν, Ptol.; an inscription, Orell. 76, has AUG. BAG. for Augus
• Augusta Veromanduorum Veromanduorum the chief town of the Veromandui, who are mentioned by Caesar (Caes. Gal. 2.
• Augusta Vindelicorum Vindelicorum (Αὐγούστα Οὐενδελικῶν: Augsburg), the capital of Vindelicia or Raetia Secunda
• Augustobriga . 1. A city of Lusitania, on the road from Emerita to Toletum, 56 M. P. from the former an
• Augustodurus mentioned in the Table, is said to be Bayeux, in the department of Calvados, as the Roman
• Augustomagus is placed in the Antonine Itin. on the road between Caesaromagus (Beauvais) and Suessonae
• Augustonemetum the chief town of the Arverni, which Strabo calls Nemossus (p. 191), and places on the Loi
• Augustoritum the capital of the Lemovices, a Gallic tribe, the neighbours of the Arverni on the west. I
• Aulaei Tichos Tichos or CASTRUM (Αὐλαίου τεῖχος: Kurudere?), a Thracian town on the coast of the Euxine,
• Aulerci Aulerci appears to be a generic name, which included several Celtic tribes. Caesar (Caes.
• Aulis a town of Boeotia, situated on the Euripus, and celebrated as the place at which the Greci
• Aulocrenae a valley ten Roman miles from Apamia (Cibotus) for those who are going to Phrygia. (Plin.
• Aulon a hollow between hills or banks, was the name given to many such districts, and to places
• Aulon a hill in the neighbourhood of Tarentum, noticed by Horace for the excellence and abundanc
• Aulon 1. The name given by the ancients to the great valley through which the Jordan flows below
• Aurasius Mons Mons (τὸ Αὐράσιον ὄρος: Jebel Auress), a mountain of N. Africa, in the S. of Numidia, belo
• Aurea Chersonesus Chersonesus (ἡ χρυσῆ χερρόνησος), in India extra Gangem, is supposed to correspond to the
• Aurgi Aurgi a city of Hispania Baetica, mentioned in an inscription, MUNICIPIUM FLAVIUM AURGITAN
• Aurinx a city in the S. of Hispania, not far from Munda (Liv. 24.42); doubtless the same place as
• Aurunca the capital or metropolis of the little mountain tribe of the Aurunci, in the more limited
• Aurunci Aurunci (Eth. Αὔρουγκοι), is the name given by Roman writers to an ancient race or nation
• Ausa the chief city of the AUSETANI was called in the middle ages Ausona and Vicus Ausonensis,
• Ausara . 1. A city of the Sachalitae on the south coast of Arabia (Ptol. 6.7.11), in the modern d
• Auschisae a Libyan people in Cyrenaica, W. of the ASBYSTAE…
• Ausci Ausci ((Eth. Αὔσκιοι), also Auscenses, one of the nations of Aquitania who submitted to Ca
• Ausenses Ausenses (Ἀυσεῖς), a Libyan people, in North Africa, dwelling about the lake Tritonis at t
• Auser or AUSAR (Αἴσαρ, Strab.: Serchio), a considerable river of Etruria, rising in the Apennine
• Ausetani Ausetani (Αὐθητανοί, Ptol. 2.6.70), one of the small peoples in the extreme NE. of Hispani
• Ausoba in Ireland, placed by Ptolemy (2.2.4) as the third river from the Boreum promontorium [BOR
• Ausona a city of Latium, in the more extended sense of that term, but which, at an earlier period
• Ausones Ausones (Αὔσονες) is the name given by Greek writers to one of the ancient nations or race
• Austeravia or AUSTRANIA, the German name of an island in the German Ocean (probably Ameland), signify
• Autariatae described by Strabo (vii. p.317) as, at one time, the most numerous and bravest of the Ill
• Autei Autei an Arab tribe mentioned by Pliny on the road between Pelusium and Arsinoe. They occu
• Auteri Auteri in Ireland, placed by Ptolemy (2.2.5) as next to the Nagnatae. Name for name the Na
• Autissiodurum Julian marched from Augustodunum (Autun) to Tricassini or Tricasses (Troyes), and on his w
• Autololes Autololes or AUTOLOLAE (Αὐτολάλαι, Ptol. 4.6.17; common reading Αὐτολάται), a Gaetulian pe
• Automala a border fortress of Cyrenaica, on the…
• Autricum a town of the Carnutes, a Celtic people. Their chief towns were Autricum and Genabum. Autr
• Autrigones Autrigones (Αὐτρίγονες, Ptol. 2.6. § § 7, 53; Mela, 3.1.10; Plin. Nat. 3.3. s. 4; Aurigona
• Auxacii Auxacii or AUZACII MONTES (τὰ Αὐξάκια, or Αὐζάκια ὄρη), a part of the Altai range, SW. of
• Auximum a city of Picenum, situated on a lofty hill about 12 miles SW. of Ancona. It is first ment
• Auxume the modern Axum, the capital of Tigré, in Abyssinia…
• Auza AUZEA (Tac. Ann. 4.25), AUZIA (Αὔζια, Ptol. 4.2.31, vulg. Αὔζινα: COLONIA AUZIENSIS, Inscr
• Avantici Avantici an Inalpine people, whom the emperor Galba included within the limits of Gallia N
• Avares Avares (Avari, Ἀβάρεις, Ἀβάροι). It is far easier to give the ethnological relations and t
• Avaricum the chief town of the Bituriges, a Celtic people (Caes. Gal. 7.13, 15), on the Avara, Evre
• Avarum PR. (Αὔαρον ἄκρον, Ptol. 2.6.1), a promontory on the W. coast of Hispania Tarraconensis, b
• Aveia a city of the Vestini, placed by the Tabula Peutingeriana on the road from Prifernum to Al
• Avenio a town of Gallia Narbonensis, at the junction of the Druentia, Durance, and the Rhone. It
• Aventicum the chief city of the Helvetii. (Tac. Hist. 1.68.) It is not mentioned by Caesar. About Tr
• Avernus Lacus Lacus or AVERNI LACUS (Ἄορνος λίμνη: Lago d'Averno), a small lake in Campania, between Cum
• Aviones Aviones a tribe in the north of Germany, dwelling probably in Schleswig, on the river Auwe
• Avus or AVO (Mela, 3.1.8), a small river on the W. coast of Hispania Tarraconensis, N. of the D
• Axati Axati aft. prob. OLAURA (Lora), a municipium of Hispania Baetica. (Inscr. ap. Gruter, p. 1
• Axelodunum the 16th station, per lineam, valli of the Notitia, under the charge of the Cohors prima H
• Axia a small town of Etruria, mentioned by Cicero (pro Caec. 7), who calls it a castellum, and
• Axiaces a river of Sarmatia Europaea, E. of the Tyras (Dniester), flowing, according to Ptolemy, r
• Axima a town of the Centrones, according to Ptolemy, who are an Alpine people. In the Table it i
• Axiopolis or AXIUPOLIS (Ἀξιούπολις: Rassova), a town of Lower Moesia, situated on the river Axius, w
• Axon a river of Caria, mentioned by Pliny (5.28), with Calynda: flumen Axon, oppidum Calynda. W
• Axona a branch of the Isara (Oise). The Oise joins the Seine below Paris. Caesar encamped on the
• Axuenna A place of this name appears in the Antonine Itin. on the road from Durocorturum (Reims) t
• Axus a city of Crete (Hdt. 4.154), which is identified with Ὄαξος (Steph. B. sub voce situated
• Axylus a woodless tract in Asia Minor, northward of the region of lakes and plains, through which
• Aza a town of Armenia, mentioned by Pliny (6.10). According to the Anton. Itinerary it was 26
• Azali Azali (Eth. Ἄζαλοι), a tribe in Upper Pannonia, from which, perhaps, the modern town of Oz
• Azanes . It is stated by Arundell (Asia Minor, vol. ii. p. 140) that, on a coin of Themisonium in
• Azani Azani (Ἀζανοί: Eth. Ἀζανίτης), as the name appears in Strabo (p. 576), and Stephanus (s. v
• Azania a city belonging to Massilia, according to Stephanus (s. v. Ἀζανία), quoting Philo. The pl
• Azania the modern coast of Ajan, was another name for the maritime region of eastern Africa calle
• Azara mentioned by Strabo (xi. p.527) in his Account of Armenia as situated on the Araxes; some
• Azekah a city of the tribe of Judah. (Josh. 15.35.) It was situated in that part which was called
• Azetium a town of Apulia, the name of which does not occur in any ancient author, under this form,
• Aziris or AZIL1S (Ἄζιρις, Ἄζιλις, Herod., Steph. B. sub voce Callim.; Ἄξιρον, Charax, ap. Steph.
• Aziris a town of Armenia Minor, which, if we identify with Arsingan, or Arzindjan, as Mannert (Ge
• Azizis or AHIHIS (Tab. Peut.), AIXI (Priscian. vi. p. 682, ed. Putsch), a town of Dacia, on the h
• Azorus a town in Perrhaebia in Thessaly situated at the foot of Mount Olympus. Azorus, with the t
• Azotus the ASHDOD of Scripture, a city assigned to the tribe of Judah in the division of the Prom