Geography

• Pachnamunis the principal town of the Sebennytic nome in the Aegyptian Delta, lat. 31° 6′ N. It stood
• Pachynus a celebrated promontory of Sicily, forming the extreme SE. point of the whole island, and
• Pactolus a small river of Lydia, which flows down from Mount Tmolus in a northern direction, and, a
• Pactye a town of the Thracian Chersonese, on the coast of the Propontis, 36 stadia from Cardia, w
• Pactyice a district of North-Western India, which, there is every reason to suppose, must have been
• Padarigus a small stream of Persis, which appears to have flowed into the Persian Gulf near the pres
• Padinum a town of Gallia Cispadana, known only from Pliny, who mentions the Padinates among the mu
• Padus the principal river of Northern Italy, and much the largest river in Italy altogether. Hen
• Padyandus a town in Cataonia, or the southernmost part of Cappadocia, about 25 miles to the south-ea
• Paeanium a town, in Aetolia, near the Achelous, a little S. of Ithoria, and N. of Oeniadae, which w
• Paelontium a town of the Lungones in Asturia, variously identified with Aplaus, Pola de. Lena, and Co
• Paemani Paemani mentioned in Caesar (Caes. Gal. 2.4) with the Condrusi, Eburones, and Caeroesi, an
• Paeones Paeones (Παίονες, Hom. Il. 845, 16.287, 17.348, 21.139; Hdt. 4.33, 49, 5.1, 13, 98, 7.113,
• Paestum a city of Lucania, on the Tyrrhenian sea, about 5 miles S. of the mouth of the Silarus. It
• Paesula a town of the Turdetani in Hispania Baetica. (Ptol. 2.4.13.) It is identified by Ukert wit
• Paesus an ancient town on the coast of Troas, at the entrance of the Propontis, between Lampsacus
• Pagala a place on the coast of Gedrosia, to which the fleet of Nearchus came after leaving the ri
• Pagasae a, town of Magnesia in Thessaly, situated at the northern extremity of…
• Pagrae a town of Syria, placed by Ptolemy in the district of Pieria, near the Syrian gates (5.15.
• Pagus a hill of Ionia, a little to the north of Smyrna, with a chapel of Nemesis and a spring of
• Pagyritae a people of European Sarmatia, whose position cannot be made out. Schafarik (Slav. Alt. vo
• Palacium a fortress in the Tauric Chersonese, built by Scilurus, king of the Tauro-Scythians, to re
• Palaea 1. (Παλαία), a place in the Troad on the coast, 130 stadia from Andeira. (Strab. xiii. p.6
• Palaebyblos a town of Phoenicia, which Strabo places, after the CLIMAX or promontory called Ras-Watta-
• PALAEPHARUS or PALAEPHARSALUS or PALAEPHARSALUS, that is either old Pharae or Pherae or old Pharsalus, according to the
• Palaerus a town on the W. coast of Acarnania, on the Ionian sea, which is placed by Strabo between
• Palaesimundum a great town in the ancient Taprobane (Ceylon), an account of which was given to the Roman
• Palaeste a town upon the coast of Chaonia in Epeirus, at the southern foot of the Acroceraunian pea
• Palaestina the most commonly received and classical name for the country, otherwise called the Land o
• Palamnus a river of Illyricum, which flowed into the sea near Epidamnus. This river has been identi
• Palandas a small stream mentioned by Ptolemy in the Chersonesus Aurea (7.2.5). It is supposed by Fo
• Palas a district in the south of Germany, on the borders between the Alemanni and Burgundii; it
• Palatium a place in the Rhaetian Alps, on the road from Tridentum to Verona, still bears its ancien
• Pale a town in Cephallenia on the eastern side of a bay in the…
• Palfuriana a town of Hispania Tarraconensis, by Ukert (vol. ii. pt. i. p. 420) and others placed in t
• Palicorum Lacus Lacus (ἡ τῶν Παλίκων λίμνη: Lago di Naftia), a small volcanic lake in the inteterior of Si
• Palimbothra at present known by the name of…
• Palindromus Promontorium Promontorium (Παλίνδρομος ἄκρα), a promontory of the extreme SW. of the Arabian peninsula,
• Palinurus or PALINURI PROMONTORIUM (Παλίνουρος ἀκρωτήριον, Strab.: Capo Paliuro), a promontory on th
• Palio a town of Apulia, mentioned only by Pliny, who enumerates the Palionenses among the populi
• Paliurus a village of the Marmaridae, near which was a temple to Heracles…
• Pallantia the most important town of the Vaccaei, in the N. of Hispania Tarraconensis, and in the ju
• Pallantias a small river of Hispania Tarraconensis, between the Iberus and Fretum Herculeum, and near
• Pallantium one of the most ancient towns of Arcadia, in the district Maenalia, said to have been foun
• Pallanum a town of the Frentani, the name of which is known only from the Tabula, which places it o
• Pallene (Παλλήνη, Hdt. 7.123; Thuc. 4.120; Scyl. p. 56; Strab. vii. p.330, x. p. 447, xii. p. 550;
• Palmam AD, a station on the coast-road of Syrtica, 12 M. P. from Leptis Magna, and 15 M. P. from
• Palmaria a small island in the Tyrrhenian sea, the most westerly of the group now known as the Ponz
• Palmatis a town of Moesia Inferior, between Dorostorum and Marcianopolis (Tab. Peut.), perhaps Kuts
• Palmyra a city of Syria, situated…
• Palmyrene a district of Syria, so named after the city of Palmyra, and which extended S. from Chalyb
• Paltus a town of Syria upon the coast, subject to the island of Aradus, which was at no great dis
• Pamisus . 1. The chief river of Messenia. [See Vol. II. pp. 341, 342.] 2. A river in Laconia, form
• Pamphia a village of Aetolia, on the road from Metapa to Thermum, and distant 30 stadia from each,
• Pamphylia a country on the south coast of Asia Minor, bordering in the west on Lycia, in the north o
• Pamphylium Mare Mare, PAMPHYLIUS SINUS (Παμφύλιον πέλαγος or Παμφύλιος κόλπος), a large and deep bay forme
• Panaei Panaei (Eth. Παναῖοι), a people of Thrace, whom Thucydides describes as dwelling beyond th
• Pandae a tribe of Indians mentioned by Pliny, who, according to him, were alone in the habit of h
• Pandataria a small island in the Tyrrhenian sea, lying off the Gulf of Gaëta, nearly opposite to the
• Pandion a headland in the south-west of Caria, opposite the island of Syme. (Pomp. Mela, 1.16.) Pl
• Pandosia . 1. A city of Bruttium, situated near the frontiers of Lucania. Strabo describes it as a
• Pandosia an ancient colony of Elis (Dem. Halonnes. p. 84, Reiske), and a town of the Cassopaei in t
• Pandovi Regio Regio (Πανδώου χώρα, Ptol. vii. 50.11), a district at the southern extremity of the Penins
• Paneas PANIAS, or PANEIAS (Πανεάς, Πανιάς, Πανειάς, Hierocl. p. 716), more usually called either
• Panephysis a town of Egypt, mentioned by recent writers only, with the single exception of Ptolemy (Π
• Pangaeum PANGAEUS (τὸ Πάγγαιον or Παγγαῖον ὄρος, ὁ Πάγγαιος, Hdt. 5.16, 7.112, 113; Thuc. 2.99; Aes
• Pangrmus . 1. The port of Ephesus formed by the mouth of the Caystrus, near which stood the celebra
• Panionium a place on the western slope of Mount Mycale, in the territory of Priene, containing the c
• Panium a town on the coast of Thrace, near Heracleia; perhaps the modern Banados.
• Pannonia Eth. Παννονικός, one of the most important provinces of the Roman empire, on the south and
• Panopeus or PHANOTEUS (Πανοπεύς, Hom. Strab. Paus.; Πανόπη, Hes. ap. Strab. ix. p. 424; Steph. B. s
• Panopolis the…
• Panormus PANHORMUS (Πάνορμος: Eth. Πανορμίτης, Eth. Panorinitanus: Palermo), one of the most import
• Panormus Πάνορμος: Eth. Πανορμίτης). 1. A harbour of Achaia, 15 stadia E. of the promontory of Rhiu
• Panormus a harbour at the extremity of the Thracian Chersonesus, opposite to the promontory of Sige
• Pantagias a small river on the E. coast of Sicily, flowing into the sea between Catania and Syracuse
• Panthialaei Panthialaei (Eth. Πανθιαλαῖοι, Hdt. 1.125), one of the tribes of ancient Persis mentioned
• Panti Sinus Sinus (Παντὶ κόλπος, Pto. 7.4.7), a bay on the NE. side of the island of Ceylon. It is pro
• Panticapaeum (Παντικάπαιον, Παντικαπαῖον, Scylax, Strab. et alii; Παντικαπαία, Ptol. 3.6.4: Eth. Παντικ
• Panticapes a river of European Sarmatia, between the Borysthenes and the Tanais, rises in a lake, acc
• Pantichium a small coast-town of Bithynia, to the south-east of Chalcedon, on the coast of the Propon
• Pantomatrium between Rhithymna and the promontory of Dium, but by Pliny (4.20. s. 20)…
• Panysus a river of Moesia Inferior, flowing into the Euxine at Odessus (Varna).
• Paphlagonia a country in the north of Asia Minor, bordering in the west on Bithynia, in the east on Po
• Paphus the name of two towns seated on the SW. extremity of the coast of Cyprus, viz., Old Paphos
• Paplisca a town of the Liburni (Geog. Rav. 4.16), which has been identified with Jablanatz on the m
• Pappua Mons Mons (Παππούα, Procop. B. 5.2.4,7), the inaccessible mountain country in the interior of N
• Papremis is mentioned by Herodotus alone, and appears to have been seated in the western parts of L
• Parachoatras the great south-eastern chain of the Taurus, which under various names extended from the C
• Parada a town in Africa Propria, on the road from Thapsus to Utica. (Hirt. B. Afr. 87.) It may pe
• Paraetacene a district of ancient Persis which extended along the whole of its N. frontier in the dire
• Paraetonium a town of Marmarica, which was also called AMMONIA.…
• Paragon Sinus Sinus (Παράγων κόλπος, Ptol. 6.8.7; Marcian, 100.28. ed. Muller), a gulf on the shore of G
• Paralais a town of Lycaonia, and, as its name seems to indicate, situated near a lake. (Ptol. 5.6.1
• Parambole a town of Thrace, on the river Hebrus, still called Parembolis, according to Palma.
• Parapiotae an Indian tribe, mentioned by Ptolemy (vii, 1.65), and placed by him on the slopes of the
• Parapotamii Parapotamii (Παραποτάμιοι, Strab. Paus.; Παραποταμία, Steph. B. sub voce: Eth. Παραποτάμιο
• Paravaei Paravaei (Eth. Παραύαιοι, Thuc. 2.80; Rhianus, ap. Steph. B. sub voce s. v.), an Epirot tr
• Parembole was a port or castle (Castra, Plin. Nat. 5.9. s. 10) on the borders of Aegypt and Aethiopi
• Parentium a city of stria, on the W. coast of the peninsula, about 30 miles N. of Pola. (Plin. Nat.
• Pargyetae a tribe who, according to Ptolemy (6.18.3), occupied part of the chain of the Paropamisus
• Parienna a town of Germany, in the country of the Quadi, was probably situated on the river Waag, o
• Parietinum a town of the Celtiberians in Hispania Tarraconensis, identified by some with S. Clemente.
• Parin a town mentioned by Isidorus of Charax in Drangiana, or, as he calls it, Zarangiana. It ha
• Parisi Parisi (Eth. Παρίσοι, Ptol. 2.3.17), a British tribe dwelling on the NE. coast of Britanni
• Parium a coast-town of Mysia, on the Hellespont, on the west of Priapus, in the district called A
• Parma a city of Gallia Cispadana, situated on the Via Aemilia, at the distance of 19 M. P. from
• Parmaecampi Parmaecampi (Eth. Παρμαικάμποι), a tribe of Southern Germany, on the east of Mount Abnoba
• Parnassus a town in the northern part of Cappadocia, on the right bank of the Halys, and on or near
• Paroecopolis a town of Sintice, in Macedonia, on the right of the river Strymon. Nigríta, on the road f
• Parolissum a municipal town of Dacia, seated at the termination of the Roman road towards the N.…
• Paropamisadae the collective name of a number of small tribes who lived…
• Paropamisus a…
• Paropus a town of Sicily mentioned by Polybius (1.24) during the First Punic War, in a manner that
• Paroreia a city of Thrace on the borders of Macedonia (Liv. 39.27, 42.51), is called by Stephanus B
• Paros or PARUS (Πάρος: Eth. Πάριος: Paro), an island in the Aegaean sea, and one of the largest
• Parsici Montes Montes a small chain of mountains in the western part of Gedrosia, beyond the river Arabre
• Parthalis the name given by Pliny to the palace of the rulers of the Calingae, who lived at the mout
• Parthanum a town in Rhaetia, on the road from Laureacum to Veldidena, where, according to the Notiti
• Partheni Parthini Partheni Parthini (Eth. Πάρθος, Παρθηνοί, Παρθινοί, Παρθῖνοι, Strab. vii. p.326; Appian, I
• Parthenium a mountain on the frontiers of Arcadia and Argolis, across which there was an important pa
• Parthenium a town in Mysia, in the south of Pergamum. (Xenoph. Anab. 7.8. § § 15, 21; Plin. Nat. 5.33
• Parthenium Mare Mare (Παρθενικὸν πέλυγος, Greg. Naz. Or. xix.), the eastern part of the Mare Internum, bet
• Parthenius the most important river in the west of Paphlagonia. It owes its Greek name probably to a
• Parthia Eth. Παρθυαῖος, Eth. Parthus, Eth. Parthicus, (ἡ Παρθυαία, Strab. xi. pp. 514, 515, &c.; ἡ
• Parthum a town in the jurisdiction of Carthage, in the neighbourhood of Zama.
• Parutae a tribe placed by Ptolemy on the outskirts of the Paropamisus in Ariana. It is probable th
• Paryadres a range of lofty and rugged mountains in the north of Pontus, which is connected with Moun
• Pasargadae according to Herodotus, one of the three chief tribes of the ancient Persians (1.125); acc
• Pasargadae a great city of the early Persians, situated, according to the best authorities, on the sm
• Pasida a small port on the coast of Caramania, mentioned by Marcian (Peripl. § 28). Forbiger thin
• Pasira a place mentioned by Arrian in Gedrosia, as touched at by Nearchus in his voyage. It is do
• Passalae a tribe in India extra Gangem, placed by Ptolemy between the Imaus and the M. Bepyrrhus, T
• Passaron the ancient capital of the Molossi in Epeirus. where the kings and assembled people were a
• Patara . 1. A small town in Cappadocia or Armenia Minor. (Tab. Peut.) 2. A flourishing maritime a
• Patavissa a small town of Dacia, endowed by the emperor Severus with the jus coloniae. (Ulpian, Dig.
• Patavium one of the most ancient and important cities of Venetia, situated on the river Medoacus (B
• Patavium a town of Bithynia on the south of Lake Ascania, between the Sinus Astacenus and the Sinus
• Paternum a town on the E. coast of the Bruttian peninsula, mentioned only in the Itinerary of Anton
• Patigran one of the three principal towns mentioned by Ammianus Marcellinus in Media. This place is
• Patmos one of the Sporades Insulae, in the south-east of the Aegean, to the west of Lepsia and so
• Patrae a town of Achaia, and one of the twelve…
• Patraeus a place in the Cimmerian Bosporus, 130 stadia from Corocondame, and near the monument of S
• Patrocli Insula Insula (Πατρόκλου νῆσος, Paus. 1.1.1, 1.35.1; Steph. B. sub voce Πατρόκλον χάραζ, Strab. i
• Pattala a town in Western India, situated at the point of land where the western stream of the Ind
• Pattalene the delta-shaped district comprehended between the arms of the Indus, and extending…
• Patumus a town of Arabia, on the borders of Egypt, near which Necho constructed a canal from the N
• Paulo a river of Liguria, rising in the Maritime Alps, and flowing into the sea under the walls
• Pausulae a town of Picenum, mentioned only by Pliny (3.13. s. 18). It is placed by Holstenius at Mo
• Pautalia a town in the district of Dentheletica. Its position in the Table accords with that of the
• Pax Julia Julia (Πὰζ Ἰουλία, Ptol. 2.5.5; called in the Geogr. Rav., 4.43, Pacca Julia), a town of t
• Paxi Paxi (Παζοί), the name of two small islands, now called Paxo and Antipaxo, situated betwee
• Pedaeum or PEDAEUS (Πήδαιον), a place mentioned by Homer (Hom. Il. 13.172), which is said by Eusta
• Pedalie a place on the coast of Cilicia, between Pinara and Ale, is mentioned only by Pliny (5.22)
• Pedalium a promontory in the south-east of Caria, forming the southernmost point of the western coa
• Pedasa also called PEDASUM (Plin. Nat. 5.29), an ancient city of Caria, in which the Persians suf
• Pedasus a small town of Mysia, on the river Satnioeis, which is mentioned by Homer (Hom. Il. 6.35,
• Pediaeus the largest river of Cyprus, rising from the eastern side of Olympus, and flowing near Sal
• Pedieis the inhabitants of one of the Phocian towns destroyed by Xerxes. (Hdt. 8.33.) From the ord
• Pednelissus a town in the interior of Pisidia, near the Eurymedon, above Aspendus (Strab. xii. p.570;
• Pedonia a town on the coast of Marmarica, before which lay an island of the same name. (Ptol. 4.5.
• Pedum an ancient city of Latium, which appears to have been at one period of considerable import
• Pegae or PAGAE (Πηγαί, Dor. Παγαί: Eth. Παγαῖος), a town of Megaris, on the Alcyonian or Corinth
• Pegaseum Stagnum Stagnum a small lake in the Caystrian plain near Ephesus, from which issues the little riv
• Pelagonia (Πελαγονία, Strab. vii. pp. 326, 327; Πηλαγονία, Steph. B. sub voce a district of Macedoni
• Pelasgi Pelasgi (Πελασγοί, Adj. Πελασγικός), an ancient race, widely spread over Greece and the co
• Pele a small island, forming one of a cluster, off the coast of Ionia, opposite to Clazomenae.
• Pelecas a mountain in Mysia, which lay between the Apian plain and the river Megistus. (Plb. 5.77.
• Pelendones Pelendones (Πελένδονες, Ptol. 2.6.54), a Celtiberian people in Hispania Tarraconensis, bet
• Pelethronium a part of Mt. Pelium, whence Virgil gives the Lapithae the epithet of Pelethronii. (Strab.
• Peligni Peligni (Eth. Πελίγνοι) a people of Central Italy, occupying an inland district in the hea
• Pelinna more commonly PELINNAEUM (Πέλιννα, Steph. B. sub voce Plin. Nat. 4.8. s. 15; Πελινναῖον, S
• Pelium a town of the Dassaretii, on the Macedonian frontier, and commanding the pass which led in
• Pelium a lofty mountain in Thessaly, extending along the coast of Magnesia. It rises to the south
• Pella the capital…
• Pella . 1. A city of Palestine, and one of the towns of Decapolis in the Peraea, being the most
• Pellana or PELLENE (ἡ Πέλλανα, Paus. 3.20.2; τὰ Πέλλανα, Strab. viii. p.386; Πελλήνη, Xen. Hell. 7
• Pellene 1. (Πελλήνη, Dor. Πελλάνα, Πελλίνα, Steph. B. sub voce s. v.: Eth. Πελληνεύς, Pellenensis,
• Pelopis INSULAE, nine small islands lying (off Methana, on the Argolic coast. (Paus. 2.34.3.) They
• Pelorus PELORIS, or PELORIAS (Πέλωρος ἄκρα, Ptol.; Πελωρίς, Thuc., Dion. Per; Πελωριάς, Pol., Stra
• Pelorus a small river of Iberia, in Asia, probably a tributary of the Cyrus. (D. C. 37.2; comp. Gr
• Pelso or PEISO (Plin. Nat. 3.27), a considerable lake in the north of Pannonia. A large portion
• Peltae a considerable town of Phrygia, was situated, according. to Xenophon (Xen. Anab. 1.2.10),
• Peltuinum a considerable town of the Vestini, and one of the four ascribed to that people by Pliny (
• Pelusium was a city of Lower Aegypt, situated upon the easternmost bank of the Nile…
• Pelva a town of Dalmatia, which the Antonine Itinerary places on the road from Sirmium to Salona
• Peme probably the same as the Pempte (Πέμπτη) of Stephanus B. (s. v.), a town of Aegypt, in the
• Penestae a people of Illyricum, who appear to have--possessed a large tract of mountainous country
• Peniel or PENUEL (i.e. Face of God, Εἶδος Θεοῦ, LXX.), a place beyond Jordan, where Jaccb wrestle
• Penius a small river of Colchis, falling into the Euxine, on which stood a town of the same name.
• Pennelocus in the Antonine Itin., and PENNOLUCOS in the Peutinger Table, is a place in Gallia in the
• Pennocrucium a town in the territory of the Cornavii, in Britannia Romana, sometimes identified with Pe
• Pentedactylos a mountain in Egypt, on the Arabian Gulf, S. of Berenice.
• Penteleium a fortress near Pheneus, in the north of Arcadia, situated upon a mountain of the same nam
• Pentri Pentri (Eth. Πέντροι), a tribe of the Samnites, and apparently one of the most important o
• Peor a mountain in the land of Moab. (Numb. 23.28.) It is placed by Eusebius (s. v. Ἀραβὼθ Μωάβ
• Peparethus an island in the Aegaean sea, lying off the coast of Thessaly, to the east of Halonnesus.
• Peperine an island off the SW.: coast of India, which undoubtedly derived its name from producing p
• Pephnus (Πέφνος, Paus.; Πεφνόν, Steph. B. sub voce a town of Laconia, on the eastern coast of the
• Pepuza a town in the western part of Phrygia, which is mentioned only by late writers. It gave it
• Peraea the name of several districts lying beyond (πέραν) a river or on the other side of a sea.
• Percote an ancient town of Mysia, on the Hellespont, between Abydos and Lampsacus, and probably on
• Percotes a small river of Mysia, flowing from Mount Ida into the Hellespont. (Hom. Il. 2.835.) It i
• Perdices a town in Mauretania Caesariensis, 25 M.P. from Sitifis, perhaps Ras-el-Ouad. (It. Ant. pp
• PERGAMUM or PERGAMUS or PERGAMUS. PERGAMUM (Πέργαμον: Eth. Περγαμηνός, Eth. Pergamenus), sometimes also called
• Pergamus a fortress in the Pieric hollow, by which Xerxes passed in his march, leaving Mt. Pangaeum
• Pergamus a town of Crete, to which a mythical origin was ascribed. According to Virgil it was found
• Pergantium (Περγάντιον: Eth. Περγάντιος, Steph. B. sub voce a city sf the Ligures. It is the small is
• Perge or PERGA (Πέργη: Eth. Περγαῖος), an ancient and important city of Pamphylia, between the r
• Perimula the name of a town of some commercial importance on the W. side of the Sinus Magnus (or gu
• Perinthus a great and flourishing town of Thrace, situated on the Propontis. It lay 22 miles W. of S
• Perisadyes Perisadyes (Περισαδυές, Περισάδιες), an Illyrian people, near the silver mines of Damnasti
• Peritur a place in Lower Pannonia (Itin. Hieros. p. 562), probably the same as the one mentioned i
• Perne a small island off the coast of Ionia, which, during an earthquake, became united with the
• Perniciacum or PERNACUM in the Table, in North Gallia, is placed on a road from Bagacum (Bavai) to Adu
• Perorsi Perorsi (Eth. Πέρορσοι, Eth. Πύρορσοι, Ptol. 4.6. § § 16,17; Polyb. ap. Plin. 5.1. s. 8, 6
• Perperena a place in Mysia, on the south-east of Adramyttium, in the neighbourhood of which there we
• Persabora a very strong place in Mesopotamia, on the W.. bank of the Euphrates, to which the emperor
• Persepolis the capital of Persis at the time of the invasion of Alexander, and the seat of the…
• Persicus Sinus Sinus (ὁ Περσικὸς κόλπος, Strab. ii. p.78, xv. p. 727; Ptol. 6.3.1, 4.1, μυχός, Ptol. 6.19
• Persis the province of Persis, which must be considered…
• Pertusa a town of the Ilergetes in Hispania Tarraconensis, which still exists under the old name o
• Perusia one of the most important and powerful cities of Etruria, situated nearly on the eastern f
• Pesla or PESCLA (Not. Imp. 100.28, vol. i. p. 75, ed. Böcking), is probably the border-fortress
• Pessinus PESINUS (Πεσσινοῦς, Πεσινοῦς: Eth. Πεσσινούντιος), the principal town of the Tolistoboii,
• Petaliae incorrectly called Petalia (Πεταλία) by Strabo (x. p.444), small islands off the coast of
• Petavonium a town of the Superatii in Hispania Tarraconensis, SE. of Asturica. (Itin. Ant. p. 423.)
• Petelia or PETILIA (Πετηλία: Eth. Πετηλῖνος, Eth. Petelinus: Strongoli), an ancient city of Brutti
• Peteon a town of Boeotia, mentioned by Homer (Hom. Il. 2.500), was situated near the road from Th
• Petinesca in the country of the Helvetii, is placed in the Itins. between Aventicum (Avenches) and S
• Petovio also called Poetovio (Itin. Ant. p. 262; and in inscriptions ap. Orelli, n. 3592), Patavio
• Petra rock, the name of several towns. I. In Europe. 1. PETRA PERTUSA, in Umbria. [INTERCISA] 2.
• Petra II. In Asia. 1. (Πέτρα, Ptol. 5.17.5, 8.20.19; Πέτρα or Πέτραι, Suid. s. v. Ἱ’ενέθλιος; th
• Petras Major Major (Πέτρας ὁ μέγας, Scyl. p. 45; Ptol. 4.5.3; Stadiasm. § 33), a harbour of Marmarica,
• Petras Minor Minor (Πέτρας ὁ μικρός, Scyl. l.c.; Ptol. 4.5.2; Stadiasm. § 39), a harbour of Marmarica,
• Petriana a fortress in the N. of Britannia Romana, between the Wall and the river Irthing, where th
• Petrocorii Petrocorii (Eth. Πετροκόριοι, Ptol. 2.7.12), a Gallic people, whom Ptolemy places in Aquit
• Petromantalum in Gallia, is placed by the Antonine Itinerary on a road which runs from Carocotinum throu
• Petronii Vicus Vicus in Gallia Narbonensis. Honoré Bouche gives an inscription found at Pertuis, on the r
• Peuce an island of Moesia Inferior, formed by the two southernmost mouths of the Danube. It deri
• Peucelaotis a district of India on the NW.…
• Peucetii Peucetii (Eth. Πευκέτιοι), a people of Southern Italy, inhabiting the southern part of Apu
• Peucini Peucini (Eth. Πευκῖνοι, Ptol. 3.5.19, 10.9; Strab. vii. p.305, seq.; Plin. Nat. 4.14. s. 2
• Phabiranum a place in the country of the Chauci Minores, that is, the district between the Albis and
• Phacium a town of Thessaly, in the district Pelasgiotis, placed by Leake a little below the right
• Phacussa (Plin. Nat. 4.12. s. 23; Φακοῦσσαι, pl., Steph. B. sub voce an island in the Aegaean sea,
• Phaeniana a town in Rhaetia or Vindelicia, on the southern bank of the Danube is mentioned only by P
• Phaeno formerly a city of Idumaea, and afterwards a village of Arabia Petraea, between Petra and
• Phaestus 1. (Φαιστός: Eth. Φαίστιος), a town in the S. of Crete, distant 60 stadia from Gortyna, an
• Phagres a fortress in the Pieric hollow, and the first place after the passage of the Strymon.…
• Phaia a harbour of Marmarica, the name of which Olshausen (Phoenizische Ortsnamen, in Rhein. Mus
• Phalacra a promontory of Mount Ida, in Mysia, of which the exact position is unknown. (Eustath. ad
• Phalaeseae a town of Arcadia, in the district Maleatis on the road from Megalopolis to Sparta, 20 sta
• Phalanna a town of the Perrhaebi in Thessaly, situated on the left bank of the Peneius, SW. of Gonn
• Phalanthum a town and mountain of Arcadia, in the district Orchomenia, near Methydrium. (Paus. 8.35.9
• Phalasarna a town of Crete, situated on the NW. side of the island, a little S. of the promontory Cim
• Phaloria a town of Histiaeotis in Thessaly, apparently between Tricca and the Macedonian frontier.
• Phalycum a town of Megaris mentioned by Theophrastus (Hist. Pl. 2.8), is clearly the same place as
• Phanagoria (Φαναγορία, Strab. xi. p.494; Ptol. 5.9.6; (ἡ Φαναγόρεια, τὰ Φαναγόρεια, Hecat. ap. Steph.
• Phanaroea a broad and extensive valley in Pontus, watered by the rivers Iris, Lycus, and Scylax, and
• Phanote a strongly fortified town of Chaonia in Epirus, and a place of military importance. It sto
• Pharae . 1. Sometimes PHARA Φᾶρα, Strab. viii. p.388; Pherae, Plin. Nat. 4.6; Φαρέες, Hdt. 1.145,
• Pharan or PARAN (Φαράν), the name of a desert S. of Palestine, between this country and Aegypt. (
• Pharbaethius the capital of the Pharbaethite Nome in Lower Aegypt. (Plin. Nat. 5.9. s. 9.)…
• Pharcadon a city of Histiaeotis in Thessaly, situated to the left of the Peneius, between Pelinnaeum
• Phare or PHARIS, afterwards called PHARAE (Φάρη, Φᾶρις, Φαραί), a town of Laconia in the Spartan
• Pharmacusa a small island before the entrance of the bay of Iassus, not far from Cape Poseidion; its
• Pharmatenus a small coast river of Pontus, 120 stadia to the west of Pharnacia. (Arrian, Peripl. Pont.
• Pharnacia an important city on the coast of Pontus Polemoniacus, was by sea 150 stadia distant from
• Pharos an island off the coast of Illyricum, which was colonised by Greek settlers from…
• Pharos a long narrow strip of rock lying off the northern coast of Aegypt, having the New Port of
• Pharsalus one of the most important cities of Thessaly, situated in the district Thessaliotis near t
• Pharusii Pharusii (Eth. Φαρούσιοι, Strab. ii. p.131, xvii. pp. 826, 828; Ptol. 4.6.17; Polyb. ap. P
• Pharygium a promontory of Phocis, with a station for shipping, lying E. of Anticyra, between Marathu
• Phasaelis a town of Palestine built by Herod the Great in the Aulon or…
• Phaselis a maritime town of Lycia, on the Pamphylian gulf, whence some say that it was a town of Pa
• Phasiani Phasiani (Φασιανοί), a tribe in the eastern part of Pontus, on the river Phasis, from whic
• Phasis a navigable river in Colchis, on the east of the Euxine, which was regarded in ancient tim
• Phasis the easternmost town on the coast of the Euxine, on the southern bank, and near the mouth
• Phasis a river of Taprobane or Ceylon. It is clear from the statement of Ptolemy that it was on t
• Phazemon a small town in the west of Pontus, south of Gazelonitis, and north of Amasia; it containe
• Pheia or PHEA (αἱ Φειαί, Hornm. Il. 7.135, Od. 15.297; Φειά, Thuc. Strab; Φεά, Steph. B. sub voc
• Pheneus a town in the NE. of Arcadia, whose…
• Pherae . 1. One of the most ancient cities of Thessaly, was situated in the SE. corner of Pelasgi
• Pheugarum a town in the northern part of Germany, probably in the territory of the Dulgubini. (Ptol.
• Phiara a town of the district Sargarausena, in Cappadocia (Ptol. 5.6.13), appears to be the same
• Phigalia or PIIALIA (Φιγαλία, Paus.; Φιγαλέα, Plb. 4.3; Φιγάλεια, Paus.; Rhianus, ap. Steph. B. sub
• Phigamus a small coast river in Pontus, flowing into the Euxine 160 stadia west of Polemonium. (Arr
• Phila one of the small islands on the south coast of Gallia, which Pliny (3.5) enumerates betwee
• Phila a frontier fortress of Macedonia towards Magnesia, and distant 5 M. P. from Heracleia, whi
• Philadelpheia . 1. An important city in the east of Lydia, on the north-western side of Mount Tmolus, an
• Philae was, as the number of the word both in the Greek and Latin denotes…
• Philaeni Philaeni and PHILAENORUM ARAR (Φιλαίνου or Φιλαίνων βωμοί, Scyl. p. 47; Plb. 3.39.2, 10.40
• Phileae or PHILIAS (Tab. Peut.; Geog. Rav. 4.6, 5.12; Φιλέας, Scymn. 5.722; Steph. B. sub voce 698
• Philia a promontory on the coast of Thrace, 310 stadia SE. of Salmydessus (Kara Burnu?), with a t
• Philippi Philippi (Φίκιπποι: Eth. Φιλλιππεύς, Eth. Φιλιππήσιος,), a city of Macedonia, which took i
• Philippi Prom Prom (Φιλίππου ἄκρα, Stadiasm. § 85), a headland on the coast of the Great Syrtis, identic
• Philippopolis 1. (Φιλιππόπολις, Ptol. 3.11.12; Plb. 5.100; Steph. B. sub voce a town of Thrace, founded
• Philoboeotus a fertile woody hill in the plain of Elateia in Phocis, at the foot of which there was wat
• Philocaleia a town on the coast of Pontus Cappadocius, 90 stadia to the east of Argyria, and 100 to th
• Philomelium PHILOMELUM (Φιλομήλιον: Eth. Φιλομηλεύς, Eth. Philomeliensis), a town in the south-eastern
• Philotera 1. (Φιλωτέρα, Strab. xvi. p.769; Steph. B. sub voce Plin. Nat. 6.29. s. 33; Φιλωτέρας λιμή
• Philyreis an island off the coast of Pontus, in the Euxine. It must have been situated near Cape Zep
• Phinopolis a maritime town of Thrace, not far from the junction of the Bosporus with the Euxine, and
• Phintias a city on the S. coast of Sicily, situated at the mouth of the river Himera, about midway
• Phinton or PHINTONIS INSULA (Φίντωνος νῆσος, Ptol.), a small island in the strait between Sardinia
• Phla an island in the lake Tritonis in the interior of Libya (Hdt. 4.178), which Stephanus B.,
• PHLIUS or PHLIASIA or PHLIASIA. PHLIUS (Φλιοῦς: Eth. Φλιάσιος, the territory Φλιασία), an independent city in
• Phlygonium a city of Phocis, of unknown site, destroyed at the end of the Phocian War. (Paus. 10.3.2;
• Phocaea the most northern of the Ionian cities in Asia Minor, was situated on a peninsula, between
• Phocis a small country in central Greece, bounded on the N. by Doris, on the NE. and E. by the Lo
• Phocusae PHUCUSSAE (Φωκοῦσαι, Ptol. 4.5.75; Φοκοῦσσαι, Athen. 1.30 d.; Hesych. sub voce Steph. B. s
• Phoenice a city of Chaonia in Epeirus, situated a little inland north of Buthrotum (Strab. vii. p.3
• Phoenicia A country on the coast of Syria, bounded on the E. by Mount Lebanon. I. NAME. Its Greek na
• Phoenicus . 1. A port of Ionia, at the foot of Mount Mimas. (Thuc. 8.34.) Livy (36.45) notices it in
• Phoenicus a harbour of Marmarica, off which there were the two islands DIDYMAE, which must not be co
• Phoenicus Portus Portus (λιμὴν Φοινικοῦς). 1. A harbour of Messenia, W. of the promontory Acritas, and in f
• Phoenix . 1. A river of Malis, flowing into the Asopus, S. of the latter, and at the distance of 1
• Pholegandros an island in the Aegaean sea, and…
• Photice a city in Epeirus, mentioned only by later writers, was restored by Justinian. Procopius s
• Phra a town in Ariana, mentioned by Isidorus in his brief summary of the principal stations bet
• Phraata a place in ancient Media, which seems to have served as a winter residence…
• Phreata that is, the Wells, a place in the district of Garsauritis in Cappadocia. (Ptol. 5.6.14.)
• Phrixa a town of Triphylia in Elis, situated upon the left bank of the Alpheius, at the distance
• Phruri Phruri (Eth. Φροῦροι), a Scythian people in Serica, described as cannibals. (Plin. Nat. 6.
• Phrygia one of the most important provinces of Asia Minor. Its inhabitants, the Phrygians, are to
• Phthenotes Nomos Nomos (Φθενότης Φθενότου νομός, Ptol. 4.5.48; Plin. Nat. 5.9. s. 9), another name for the
• Phthira Steph. B. sub voce written Φθίρ in Meineke's edition of Stephanus), a mountain in Caria, i
• Phthirophagi Phthirophagi (Eth. Φθειροφάγοι), i. e. lice-eaters, a Scythian people, so called from thei
• Phthuth a river of Mauretania, which has been identified with the Wady Tensift. In the ethnographi
• Phundusi Phundusi (Eth. Φουνδοῦσοι), a tribe mentioned by Ptolemy (2.11.12) as inhabiting the Chers
• Phurgisatis a town in the south of Germany, mentioned only by Ptolemy (2.11.30); it was situated in th
• Phusipara a town of the district of Melitene in Armenia Minor, between Ciniaca and Eusemara, is ment
• Phycus the most northerly point of the Libyan coast, 2800 stadia from Taenarum (350 M.P., Plin..
• Phylace 1. A. town of Phthiotis in Thessaly, one of the places subject to Protesilaus, and frequen
• Phylaceium a town of western Phrygia, at a short distance from Themisonium. (Ptol. 5.2.26; Tab. Peut.
• Phyllis a district of Thrace in the neighbourhood of Mt. Pangaeus, bounded by the Angites on the W
• Phyrites a small tributary of the Caystrus, having its origin in the western branch of Mount Tmolus
• Physcus a town of Caria, in the territory of the Rhodians, situated on the coast, with a harbour a
• Phyteum a town of Aetolia, probably on the northern shore of the lake Trichonis. (Leake, Northern
• Phytia or PHOETEIAE (Φυτία, Thuc. 3.106; Φοιτεῖαι, Pol. 4.63; Φοιτίαι Steph. B. sub voce: Eth. Φο
• Piala a town of Serica, from which the people Pialae (Πιάλαι or Πιάδδαι), dwelling as far as the
• Pialia a town of Histiaeotis in Thessaly, at the foot of Mt. Cercetium, probably represented by t
• Piarensii Piarensii (Eth. Πιαρήνσιοι, Ptol. 3.10.9), a people of Moesia Inferior, adjoining its sout
• Picentini Picentini (Eth. Πικεντῖνοι, Ptol.; Πίκεντες, Strab.), a tribe or people of Central Italy,
• Picentinum a place in Pannonia, on the left bank of the Savus, on the road from Siscia to Sirmium. (I
• Picenum a province or region of Central Italy…
• Picti Picti The names of the Picti and Scoti appear only in late writers, by whom they are spoke
• Pictones Pictones (Πίκτονες), and, at a later period, PICTAVI were a Gallic nation, south of the Lo
• Pictonium Promontorium Promontorium as it is now generally written, but in Ptolemy (2.7.1) Pectonium (Πηκτόνιον ἄ
• Pida a town in Pontus Galaticus, on the road leading from Amasia to Neocaesareia. (Ptol. 5.6.9;
• Piengitae a people in European Sarmatia, supposed by Schafarik to be the inhabitants of the river Pi
• Pieres Pieres (Πίερες), a Thracian people, occupying the narrow strip of plain land, or low hill,
• Pieria . 1. A district in Macedonia. [PIERES] 2. A district in Syria; a name given by the Macedon
• Pilorus (Πίλωρος, Hdt. 7.122; Steph. B. sub voce a town of Sithonia in Macedonia, upon the Singiti
• Pimolisa the fortress was destroyed, but the…
• Pimpleia a place in Pieria, where Orpheus was said to have been born, and from which the Muses obta
• Pimprama a place which appears to have been the capital of the tribe of Adraistae, a nation mention
• Pinara . 1. A large city of Lycia, at the foot of Mount Cragus, and not far from the western bank
• Pindasus a mountain in the south of Mysia, a branch of Mount Temnus, stretching towards the Sinus E
• Pindenissus a town of the Eleuthero-Cilices, situated upon a commanding height of Mt. Amanus, which wa
• Pindus a long and lofty range of mountains in Northern Greece, running from north to south about
• Pindus one of the towns of the tetrapolis of Doris, situated upon a river of the sane name, which
• Pinetus a town of Lusitania, on the road from Bracara to Asturica (Itin. Ant. p. 422). Ptolemy pla
• Pingus a river of Upper Moesia, in the territory of the Dardani. (Plin. Nat. 3.26. s. 29.) It was
• Pinna a city of the Vestini, situated on the eastern slope of the Apennines, about 15 miles from
• Pintia . 1. A town of the Vaccaei in Hispania Tarraconensis, and according to the Itinerary (p. 4
• Pion a hill in the neighbourhood of Ephesus, at the foot of which that city was situated. (Paus
• Pionia a town in the interior of Mysia, on the river Satnioeis, to the northwest of Antandrus, an
• Pirathon a town in the land of Ephraim, and in the mount of the Amalekites, to which Abdon, one of
• Pirustae a people of Illyria, whom the Romans declared free of taxes, because they assisted the lat
• Pisa which subsequently formed part of the…
• Pisae an important city of Etruria, situated on the N. bank of the river Arnus, a few miles from
• Pisaurum a considerable town of Umbria, situated on the coast of the Adriatic, between Fanum Fortun
• Pisavae in Gallia Narbonensis, is placed in the Table at the distance of xviii. from Aquae Sextiae
• Piscenae enumerated by Pliny (3.4. s. 5) among the Oppida Latina of Gallia Narbonensis. It is gener
• Pisida a municipium and station on the Roman road running along the coast-line of Syrtica, 20 M.
• Pisidia a province in the south of Asia Minor, which was in the earlier times always regarded as a
• Pisoraca according to an inscription (Florez, Esp. Sagr. v. p. 37), a southern affluent of the rive
• Pistoria a town of Etruria, situated in the northern part of that province at the foot of the Apenn
• Pistyrus a city and lake in Thrace, which the army of Xerxes passed after crossing the Nestus. (Hdt
• Pisurgia a coast-town of Cilicia, between Celenderis and Seleucia, 45 stadia to the west of Cape Cr
• Pisye or PITYE (Πισύη, Πίτυη: Eth. Πισυήτης, Eth. Πιτυήτης), a town of Caria, of which the site
• Pitane an ancient city on the coast of Aeolis in Asia Minor, was situated near the mouth of the r
• Pitinum a town of the Vestini, known only from the Tabula Peutingeriana, which places it on a line
• Pitulum a town of Umbria, mentioned only by Pliny (3.14. s. 19), who enumerates among the towns of
• Pityeia a town of Mysia, on the coast of the Propontis, between Parium and Priapus. It is mentione
• Pityodes a small island in the Propontis off the coast of Bithynía, near Cape Hyris, and 110 stadia
• Pityonesos a small island in the Saronic gulf, lying between Aegina and the coast of Epidaurus, and d
• Pityus a Greek town in Asiatic Sarmatia, on the north-eastern coast of the Black Sea, N. of Diosc
• Pityusa literally, abounding in pine-trees. 1. An island off the promontory Scyllaeum, or Bucephal
• Pityusae two islands on the S. coast of Spain, 700 stadia, or nearly 100 miles from Dianium (Plin.
• Placentia a city of Gallia Cispadana, situated near the S. bank of the Padus, just below the point w
• Placia an ancient Pelasgian town in Mysia Olympene, at the foot of Mount Olympus, and on the east
• Placus a woody mountain of Mysia, at the foot of which Thebe is said to have been situated in the
• Planasia a small island in the Tyrrhenian sea, about 10 miles SW. of Ilva (Elba), and nearly 40 fro
• Planesia an island in the Sinus Illicitanus, on the SE. coast of Hispania Tarraconensis, now Isola
• Plataea or PLATAEAE (Πλάταια, Hom. Herod.; Πλαταιαί, Thuc. Strab. Paus., &c.; Eth. Πλαταιεύς, Eth.
• Plataniston . 1. A fountain in Messenia, near Corone. (Paus. 4.34.4.) [CORONE] 2. A river of Arcadia,
• Platanistus . 1. The northern promontory of Cythera. (Paus. 3.23.1.) 2. Another name of Macistus or Ma
• Platanus according to the Stadiasmus (§ § 178, 179), a coast-town of Cilicia Aspera, 350 stadia wes
• Platanus a town of Phoenicia, described by Josephus (l.c.) as a, village of the Sidonians, and situ
• Platea Insula Insula (Πλατέα, Πλάτεα, Πλάταια, var. lect.; Hdt. 4.151, 153, 156, 169; Φλατείαι, Scyl. p.
• Plavis one of the most considerable rivers of Venetia, which has its sources in the Julian Alps,
• Plegerium a place mentioned by Strabo, in the NW. part of India, in the state which he calls Bandoba
• Pleiae a town of Laconia, mentioned by Livy (35.27) as the place where Nabis pitched his camp in
• Plera a town of Apulia, situated on the branch of the Via Appia which led from Venusia direct to
• Pleraei Pleraei (Eth. Πληραῖοι), a people of Illyricum, who lived upon the banks of the Naro, acco
• Pleumoxii Pleumoxii a Gallic people who were under the dominion of the Nervii (Caes. Gal. 5.39). Not
• Pleuron the name of two cities in Aetolia, the territory of which was called Pleuronia. (Strab. x.
• Plinthine (Πλινθίνη, Strab. xvii. p.799; Ptol. 4.5.8; Steph. B. sub voce the frontier town of Aegypt
• Plinthineticus Sinus Sinus (Πλινθινήτης κόλπος, Hdt. 2.6), the westernmost of the Mediterranean harbours of Aeg
• Plistia a town of the Samnites, mentioned only by Livy (9.21, 22) in a manner that affords but lit
• Plithana an important emporium in the Dachinabades in India, from which many onyx stones were expor
• Plotinopolis a town of Thrace, on the road from Trajanopolis to Hadrianopolis, and connected with Herac
• Pluvina a town of Pelagonia, to which the consul Sulpicius retired in his campaign against Philip,
• Po Ntia Ntia or PONTIAE (Ποντία: Ponza), an island in the Tyrrhenian sea, situated off the coast o
• Pocrinium in Gallia, a name which appears in the Table on a route from Aquae Bormonis (Bourbon l'Arc
• Podalaea a town of Lycia, situated in the neighbourhood of Limyra (Steph. B. sub voce but according
• Podandus a town of…
• Podoca a place near the coast of Malabar, not far from the Cávery river. According to Bohlen (Ind
• Poecilasium POECILASSUS (Ποικιλάσιον, Ptol. 3.15.3; Ποικίλασσος, Stadiasm. Magni Mar. p. 299, ed. Hoff
• Poecile a rock on the coast of Cilicia, near the mouth of the Calycadnus, and on the east of Cape
• Poedicum a place mentioned only by Ptolemy (2.14.3) as situated in the southeast of Noricum; it is
• Poemanenus a town in the south of Cyzicus, and on the south-west of lake Aphnitis, which is mentioned
• Pola one of the principal towns of Istria, situated near the S. extremity of that peninsula, on
• Polemonium a town on the coast of Pontus, at the mouth of the small river Sidenus, 10 stadia from Pha
• Polichna . 1. A town of Laconia, mentioned only by Polybius (4.36), is placed by Leake in the inter
• Polichne a small town in the upper valley of the Aesepus in Troas (Strab. xiii. p.603; Plin. Nat. 5
• Polimartium a town of Etruria, not far from the right bank of the Tiber, and about 12 miles E. of Vite
• Polis a village of the Hyaea in Locris Ozolis, which Leake supposes occupied the site of Karútes
• Polisma a small place on the river Simoeis in Troas, was originally called Polion; but it was situ
• Politorium (Πολιτώριον: Eth. Πολιτωρῖνος, Steph. B. sub voce an ancient city of Latium, destroyed at
• Pollentia 1. (Πολλεντία: Eth. Pollentinus; Polenza), a city of Liguria, situated in the interior of
• Pollusca or POLUSCA (Πολούσκα: Eth. Πολυσκανός, Eth. Polluscinus: Casal della Mandria), a city of L
• Polyaegus a desert island in the Aegaean sea, near Melos. (Ptol. 3.15.28; Plin. Nat. 4.12. s. 23; Me
• Polybotus a place in the west of Phrygia Major, a little to the south-east of Synnada, is mentioned
• Polygium a place on the south coast of Gallia, mentioned in the Ora Maritima of Avienus (5.611): Te
• Polymedium a small place in Mysia, between the promontory Lectum and Assus, and at the distance of 40
• Polyrrhenia (Πολυρρηνία, Ptol. 3.17.10; Πολύρρην, Πολύρην, Steph. B. sub voce corrected by Meineke int
• Pompeii Pompeii (Πομπηΐα, Strab.; Πομπήιοι, Dio Cass.: Eth. Πομπηΐανος, Eth. Pompeianus: Pompeii),
• Pompeii Praesidium Praesidium (Tab. Peut.; Pompeii, Itin. Ant. p. 134; Ipompei, Itin. Hieros. p.566), a place
• Pompeiopolis a town of Paphlagonia, on the southern bank of the river Amnias, a tributary of the Halys
• Pompelo the chief town of the Vascones in Hispania Tarraconensis, on the road from Asturica to Bur
• Pomponiana Pliny (3.5) says that Pomponiana is the same as Mese, the middle island of the Stoechades
• Pomptinae Paludes Paludes (τὰ Πομπτῖνα ἕλη: Paludi Pontine), was the name given to the extensive tract of ma
• Pons Aeni Pons Aeni or, as it is called in the Peuting. Table, Ad Aenus, was a frontier fort in Vind
• Pons Aerarius Aerarius in Gallia Narbonensis, is placed in the Jerusalem Itin. on the road from Nemausus
• Pons Aluti Pons Aluti a town in Dacia on the road from Egeta to Apula, near Robesti, below Strassburg
• Pons Augusti Pons Augusti (Tab. Peut.), a town in Dacia, on the road from Tiviscum to Sarmategte (usual
• Pons Aureoli Pons Aureoli (Pontirolo), a place on the highroad from Mediolanum to Bergomum, where that
• Pons Campanus Campanus a bridge on the Via Appia, by which that celebrated road crossed the little river
• Pons Dubis Dubis in Gallia, a bridge over the Dubis (Doubs), is marked in the Table on the road from
• Pons Mansuetina Mansuetina or PONS SOCIORUM, a place in Pannonia, on the road leading from Sopianae to Jov
• Pons Milvius Milvius or MULVIUS (Ponte Molle), a bridge on the Via Flaminia, by which that road crossed
• Pons Mosae Mosae in northern Gallia, is mentioned by Tacitus (Tac. Hist. 4.66), but there is nothing
• Pons Salarius Salarius (Ponte Salara), a bridge on the Via Salaria where that highroad crossed the Anio
• Pons Saravi Pons Saravi a bridge over the Saravus (Sarre) in Gallia on the road from Divodurum (Metz)
• Pons Scaldis Scaldis or bridge over the Schelde in North Gallia, is placed both by the Table and the An
• Pons Tiluri Pons Tiluri a station on the road from Sirmium to Salona, in the interior of Dalmatia. (It
• Pons Zitha Zitha a station on the Roman road running along the coast-line of Syrtica, and a municipiu
• Pontem AD, a town of Britain, on the road from Londinium to Lindumn (Itin. Ant. p. 477), identifi
• Pontes in North Gallia, is placed in the Ant. Itin. on a road from Samarobriva (Amiens) to Gesori
• Pontes a Roman station in the territory of the Atrebates, seated on the Thames, on the road from
• Pontes Tessenii Pontes Tessenii (Diessen), a place in Vindelicia, on the road from Amber to Parthanum. (It
• Pontiae three islands off the coast of the Greater Syrtis. Ptolemy (4.3.36; comp. Stadiasm. § § 72
• Pontus a large country in the northeast of Asia Minor, which derived its name from its being on t
• Populi Populi or POPOLI, a small place in the west of Pannonia, on the road from Jovia to Aquaviv
• Populonium or POPULONIA (Ποπλώνιον: Eth. Populoniensis: Populonia), an ancient city of Etruria, situa
• Porcifera a river of Liguria, flowing into the sea about 2 miles W. of Genua. The name is written Po
• Pordoselene the chief of the Hecatonnesi, a group of small islands lying between Lesbos and the coast
• Porphyreon a city of Phoenicia, mentioned by Scylax (p. 42, Hudson) between Berytus and Sidon, and ma
• Porphyrites Mons Mons (Πορφυρίτης ὄρος, Ptol. 4.5.27), a long but not very lofty range of mountains which r
• Porthmus a harbour in Euboea, belonging to Eretria, described by Demosthenes as opposite to Attica,
• Portus Abucini Portus Abucini is mentioned in the Notitia of the Gallic provinces as a place in Provincia
• Portus Achaeorum Achaeorum a harbour in European Sarmatia, upon the coast of the Euxine, and upon the strip
• Portus Aemines Aemines on the south coast of Gallia, is mentioned in the Maritime Itin. It is supposed to
• Portus Aepatiaci Portus Aepatiaci is mentioned in the Notitia Imperii as being in Belgica Secunda: Tribunus
• Portus Delphini Portus Delphini (Plin. Nat. 3.5. s. 7; Delphinis, Itin. Ant. p. 293), a small port on the
• Portus Hannibalis Hannibalis a town on the S. coast of Lusitania, not far from Lacobriga (Mela, 3.1; Isid. O
• Portus Pomponianis Pomponianis of the Maritime Itin., seems to be one of the bays formed by the Pomponiana Pe
• Portus Veneris Veneris (Port Vendre), on the south coast of France near the borders of Spain. The passage
• Poseidonium or POSIDIUM (Ποσειδώνιον, Thuc. 4.129; Posidium, Liv. 44.11), the SW. cape of Pallene, pro
• Posidium or POSEIDIUM (Ποσείδιον), the name of several promontories sacred to Poseidon. I. In Europ
• Posidium or POSEIDIUM (Ποσείδιον). II. in Asia. 1. The easternmost promontory of the island of Samo
• Postumia or POSTUMIANA CASTRA, a fortress in Hispania Baetica, seated on a hill near the river Sals
• Potami Potami (Ποταμοί), a fort on the north-eastern part of the coast of Paphlagonia, with a har
• Potamia a district in the SW. of Paphlagonia mentioned by Strabo (xii. p.562), but without definin
• Potana a place mentioned by Agatharchides, which Alexander the Great founded at the mouth of the
• Potentia 1. (Ποτεντία: Eth. Potentinus: Sta Maria a Potenza), a town of Picenum, situated on the co
• Pothereus a river of Crete mentioned by Vitruvius (1.4), is identified by some with the Catarrhactes
• Potidania a town in Aetolia Epictetus, on the borders of Locris, and one day's march from Oeneōn. (T
• Potniae a village of Boeotia, on the road from Thebes to Plataea, distant 10 stadia from the forme
• Practius [Πράκτιος), a small river in the north of Troas, flowing from Mount Ida, and discharging i
• Praeneste one of the most ancient, as well as in early times one of the most…
• Praenetus a town on the coast of Bithynia, on the north side of Mount Arganthonius, and at the south
• Praesidium the name of several fortified places established by the Romans. 1. In Lusitania, on the Do
• Praesidium a military post on the Greater Syrtis, between Tagulae or Tugulae (Kasr-el-Atech) and Ad T
• Praesti Praesti (Curt. 9.8.11), a people of the Panjáb, who were conquered by Alexander the Great.
• Praesus or PRASUS (Πραῖσος; in the MSS. of Strabo Πρᾶσος, but in inscriptions Πραῖσος, Böckh, Insc
• Praetorium There were places of this name in Gallia, Hispania, and in other countries which the Roman
• Praetorium 1. A town in the territory of the Lacetani, in the NE. of Hispania Tarraconensis, and on t
• Praetorium AD (Πραιτώριον), a place in Upper Pannonia, south of the Savus, on the road from Siscia to
• Praetorium Agrippinae Agrippinae This Praetorium appears in the Table, and is distinguished by the representatio
• Praetorium Latovicorum Latovicorum a place in Upper Pannonia, on the site now occupied by Neustädte, on the river
• Praetutii Praetutii (Eth. Πραιτούττιοι, Ptol.: Eth. Πραιτεττιανός, Pol.; Praetutianus), a tribe of C
• Pras a town of Phthiotis in Thessaly, a little S. of Pharsalus. For its position see NARTHACIUM
• Prasiaca a very extensive and rich district in the centre of Hindostan, along the banks of the Gang
• Prasiae or BRASIAE (Πρασιαί, Thuc. Strab. Aristoph.; Πρασία, Scyl. p. 17; Ptol. 3.17.10; Βρασιαί,
• Prasodes Sinus Sinus (Πρασώδης κόλπος, Ptol. 7.4.4), a gulf which Ptolemy places on the SW. side of the i
• Prasum Promontorium Promontorium (Πράσον ἀκρωτήριον, Ptol. 1.7.2, seq., 7.3.6), or the C. of Leeks, was a head
• Preciani Preciani a people of Aquitania, who surrendered to P. Crassus, Caesar's legatus in B.C. 56
• Prelius Lacus Lacus a lake mentioned only by Cicero (pro Mil. 27), and in a manner that affords no indic
• Prepesinthus an island in the Aegaean sea, one of the smaller Cyclades, lying between Oliaros and Siphn
• Priantae a people of Thrace, on the Hebrus. (Plin. Nat. 4.11. s. 18.) Forbiger (vol. iii. p. 1076)
• Priapi Portus Portus (Πριάτιδυς λιμήν, Ptol. 7.4.3), a port which Ptolemy places on the NW. side of the
• Priapus a town of Mysia on the Propontis, situated on a headland on the spur of Mount Pityus. Some
• Priene an Ionian city, near the coast of Caria, on the southeastern slope of Mount Mycale, and on
• Prifernum a town of the Vestini, mentioned only in the Tabula, which places it 12 miles from Pitinum
• Primis Magna Magna and PARVA (Πρίμις μέγαλη, Πρίμις μικρά, Ptol. 4.7.19), the names of two towns in Aet
• Primupolis a town in Pamphylia, the later name of ASPENDUS (See Wesseling…
• Prinassus a town in Caria, of uncertain site, taken by Philip V., king of Macedonia, and known also
• Prion a mountain in the island of Cos, which is about 2760 feet high. (Plin. Nat. 5.36.) From a
• Prionotus Mons Mons (Πριώνοτον ὄρος), a mountain in the southern part of Arabia, in the territory of the
• Prista (Πριστή, Ptol. 3.10.10, where, however, some read Τιριστή; called in the Itin. Ant. p. 222
• Privernum an ancient and important city of the Volscians, afterwards included, with the rest of the
• Prochyta a small island off the coast of Campania, situated between Cape Misenum (from which it is
• Proconnesus an island in the western part of the Propontis, between Priapus and Cyzicus, and not, as S
• Proerna a town of Phthiotis, in Thessaly (Strab. ix. p.434), which Stephanus B. writes Proarna (Πρ
• Prolaqueum a village or station on the branch of the Via Flaminia which crossed the Apennines from Nu
• Promona a town of the Liburni, situated on a hill, and, in addition to its natural defences strong
• Proni Proni, PRONNI, or PRONESUS (Πρόννοι, Pol.; Προναῖοι, Thuc.; Πρωνῆσος, Strab.), one of the
• Propontis the sea between Thrace. and Asia Minor, forming an intermediate sea between the Aegean and
• Proschium a town of Aetolia, between the Achelous and the Evenus, is said to have been founded by th
• Prosymna . Statius gives it the…
• Prota one of a group of small islands in the east of the Propontis, not far from Chalcedon. (Ste
• Prote . 1. An island off the western coast of Messenia. [See Vol. II. p. 342b.] 2. One of the St
• Protunica a place in Bithynia, on the road from Nicaea to Ancyra. (Itin. Hieros. p. 573.) It is poss
• Provincia The part of Gallia which bordered on Italy and was bounded on the south by the Mediterrane
• Prusa generally with the addition of ἐπὶ or πρὸς τῷ Ὀλύμπῳ, to distinguish it from another place
• Prymnesia of PRYMNESUS (Πρυμνησία, Πρυμνησός: Eth. Πρυμνησιεύς), a small town in central Phrygia. (P
• Prytanis a small river in the east of Pontus, which has its sources in the Moschici Montes, and flo
• Psacum a promontory on the NW. coast of Crete, forming the termination of Mt. Tityrus, now called
• Pseboa or PSEBO (Ψεβώα, Strab. xvii. p.822; Ψεβώ, Steph. B. sub voce the modern Tsana, one of the
• Pselcis was a town of the region Dodecaschoenus situated on the left bank of the Nile. Originally
• Psessii Psessii or PSESSI (Eth. Ψήσσιοι, Ptol. 5.9.17; Ψησσοί, Apollod. ap. Steph. B. sub voce in
• Pseudocelis a town of the Elisari in Arabia Felix, identified by some modern writers with Mochha. (Pto
• Pseudostomos a stream of western India, which Ptolemy describes as flowing from Mt. Bettigo near Coimba
• Psile a small island, forming one of a cluster, off the coast of Ionia, opposite to Clazomenae,
• Psillis a small river on the coast of Phrygia, flowing into the Euxine between Artane and Calpe, a
• Psophis a city in the NW. extremity of Arcadia, bounded on the N. by Arcadia, and on the W. by Eli
• Psychium a town on the south coast of Crete, placed by Ptolemy between the mouths of the rivers…
• Psychrus a small river in the east of Pontus, forming the boundary between the tribes of the Colchi
• Psylli Psylli (Eth. Ψύλλοι, Hecat. Fr. 303, ed. Klausen; Hdt. 4.173; Strab. ii. p.131, xiii. p. 5
• Psyllium a fortified emporium on the coast of Bithynia, between Crenides and Tium. (Ptol. 5.1.7; Ar
• Psyra a small island in the Aegean sea, to the north-west of Chios, at a distance of 50 stadia f
• Ptandaris or PTANDARA, a place in Cappadocia on the south-west of Arabissus. (It. Ant. pp. 178, 180,
• Ptarenus a small tributary of the Upper Indus, which flows into that river a little above Pesháwar.
• Pteleos a small lake in Mysia, near Ophrynium on the coast of the Hellespont. (Hdt. 7.42; Strab. x
• Pteleum 1. (Πτελεόν Eth. Πτελεάτης, Eth. Πτελεούσιος, Eth. Πτελεεύς), a town of Thessaly, on the s
• Pteria the name of a town and district in Cappadocia, mentioned only by Herodotus (1.76), who rel
• Pteros one of four islands--the other three being Labatanis, Coboris, and Sambracate--lying off t
• Ptolederma a town of the Eutresii, in Arcadia, which was deserted in consequence of the removal of it
• Ptolemais 1. (Πτολεμαΐς Ptol. 4.5.57), a small town of the Arsinoite nome in Middle Aegypt. It was s
• Ptolemais a small town on the coast of Pamphylia, between the river Melas and the town of Coracesium
• Publicanos AD, in Gallia, is placed in the Itins. on a road which leads from Vienna (Vienne) on the R
• Pucinum a town of Venetia, in the territory of the Carni (Plin. Nat. 3.18. s. 22), though Ptolemy
• Pultovia a place in Upper Pannonia, on the south-west of Petovio, on the river Pulska. (It. Hieros.
• Punicum a village or station on the coast of Etruria, mentioned only in the Tabula, which places i
• Punicum called by Procopius (de Aed. 4.6. p. 287) Πικνούς, a town of Moesia Superior, at the mouth
• Puplisca a town of the Liburni (Geogr. Rav. 4.26), which has been identified with Jablanatz on the
• Purpurariae Ins Ins islands off the coast of Mauretania, which are said to have been discovered by Juba (P
• Puteoli Puteoli (Πουτεόλοι, Ptol. Dio Cass.; Ποτίολοι Strab., Act. Apost.: Eth. Puteolanus: Pozzuo
• Putput a station in Africa Proper, 12 M. P. from Neapolis (Nabel) (Itin. Anton.; Peut. Tab.), whi
• Pydna a town which originally stood on the coast of Pieria, in the Thermaic gulf. Themistocles w
• Pydnae or PYDNA (Πύδναι), a small town on the coast of Lycia, between the river Xanthus and Cape
• Pygela or PHYGELA (Πύγελα, Φύγελα: Eth. Πυγελεύς), a small town on the coast of the Caystrian bay
• Pylene an ancient town of Aetolia, between the Achelous and the Evenus, mentioned in the Homeric
• Pylon a town on the Via Egnatia, being the frontier town of Illyria and Macedonia. (Strab. vii.
• Pylus the name of three towns on the western coast of Peloponnesus. 1. A town in hollow Elis, de
• Pyraei Pyraei a people in Illyria (Plin. Nat. 3.23. s. 26; Mela, 2.3.12), perhaps the same as the
• Pyramus one of the great rivers of Asia Minor, which has its sources in Cataonia near the town of
• Pyranthus a small town in Crete, near Gortyn, probably the modern Pyrathi. (Steph. B. sub voce Pashl
• Pyrasus a town of Phthiotis in Thessaly, mentioned by Homer along with Phylace and Iton, and descr
• Pyrenaei Montes Montes (τὰ Πυρηναῖα ὄρη, Ptol. 1.15.2, 8.4.2; Strab. ii. p.71, iii. p. 161, &c.; Plb. 3.34
• Pyretus called by the Scythians Πόρατα, described by Herodotus (4.48) as a large river of Scythia,
• Pyrgi Pyrgi (Πύργοι: Eth. Pyrgensis: Santa Severa), a city on the coast of Etruria, situated bet
• Pyrgus or PYRGI. 1. (Πύργος, Her. Polyb.; Πύργοι, Strab., Steph. B. sub voce: Eth. Πυργίτης), the
• Pyrrha . 1. A town on the coast of the deep bay on the west of the island of Lesbos, which had so
• Pyrrha a promontory of Thessaly, now C. Ankístri, in the Pagasaean gulf, forming the northern bou
• Pyrrhi Castra Castra (Πύρρου χάραξ). 1. A fortress in the N. of Laconia, was probably at or near the jun
• Pyrrhichus a town of Laconia, situated about the centre of the promontory ending in Cape Taenarum, an
• Pyrustae according to Strabo (vii. p.314), a tribe of Pannonia, but undoubtedly the same people as
• Pythium a town of Perrhaebia in Thessaly, situated at the foot of Mount Olympus, and forming a Tri
• Pyxites a small river in the east of Pontus, emptying itself into the Euxine 60 stadia on the nort