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HISTORICA AND MEO GRAPHICA INDEX. 355 Egyptus, i, f., a celebrated hingdom in the ortheast corneris Africa. yptius, a, um, adj. Egyptian, si pl.dUmilius, Lucius Paulus, a Roman Consul, ho in opposition to hisown ud ent, as Orced by the rastines os his colleague, Terentius Varro, into an engagemcnt With annibal, at Cannae. The doseat of tho Roman was decisive, and Emilius a Stain Another of the samo nam is Haida Polybius to have been consul tho ea that Hannibal ted. AE0lia, g, or Solis, idos, . amounir in Asia Minor, between Mysia und Ionia, bounde by the rive Caicus no Grimal di onthe orth, and by tho Hermus no Sarabat o the outh.

Africa, e .f. Africa, ne of the ou division os hs orld, to thssouth os Europe Dcm hi licit is separate by the Mediterranean Seu The greater par of this continent lies illi in the tropius, and the immenso desert os san in iis interior, exposed to thoruys os a Vertica Sun, ure so ot ait be altogether intolerable. Comparativel littio of this continent, as known to the ancients; and though iis coasis avo bo eu explored by the moderns, itfeems to des allatio attempis os Europe ans to penetrat iis interior. Africa was divide by tho ancients intomino districta ,-Egypt; Cyrenaica includ in Marmarica, o Barca Regi Syrticu, rthe Ountries between tho Syrtes, asterward calle Tripolis, or Tripolitana, o Tripoli Asrica Propria, o the territor os Carthage, o Tunis Numidia, o Algiers Maurit unia, DO Morocco and Fez; Getulia, to tho ouiliis Mauritania Libya, includin the interior paris and Ethiopia the outher : O tholast three division the boundaries ero uia determine d. Africanus, a, um, ad i. belongin to Africa, African. Africanus, i m. a titi by hieli Publius Cornelius Scipio as distinguished a tho conqueror o Hannibal; an Publius Emilianus Scipio a the destroyer of Carthage. Agamemnon, Onis m. hin os Argos and Mycenae,arotheris Menelaus, an commander-in-chie of tho Greelis in tho Trojan war. On his retur frona the conquest os Troy ho a m dered by his Wise, Clytemnestra, andae paramour, EgiSthuS. Agesiluus, i m. a Spartan in g, ho was recalle hom pursuin his victories in Persiario oppos tho Grecia states, hom the Persi angoldaad unite against tho Lacede montans. o a tengil Eue-coeded in subduin them. e die on his retur Dominopi, ut tho age of eighty. Agis, is m. nain os Sparta, ho distinguishod imsel in the warogatus AthenS. Agnonides, is m. a rhetorie ian os Athens, puto death sor salselyaec using Phocion. Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius, a celebrate Roman generat, attachedio the cause of Augustus in the civit Wars. o embellished Romowith some magnificentauit dings, particulari the Pantheon. Albinus, i m. Aulus Posthumus, a Roman consul, colle ague O Lucullus, ,h Wroto the histor o Rome in Greeh. Alcibiades, is m. an Atheni an distinguished altho b his splendidialenis, caprice, an Want f principi altem atet tho protector

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a56 ISTORICA AN GEOGRAPHICA L INDEX.andaetrayer of his country, he howed himsel qualisaed o b iis greutest benefactor, o iis OSt formidable nemy. et the ingratitude Os his countrymen a Serve usi sui ut apolog so theat whicli ho omelime gave to thei adversaries os his talenta a moro strihin proos could Dot be iveu than his excelling thonative os every country hieli he Vi Si ted even in hos qualitiessor hicli the were mos distinguished. Alcmoeon, nis m. Son os Amphiaraus and Eriphyle 'o sto his mollier in reven gerior heraetraying the concent mentis Amphiaraus t Polynices, heia elatering pon the Theban war. Aleaeander, i, n. Alexander tho Great, Son os Philip hin os ac o don, Conqueror os Greeco uia Asiari e die a Babylon, in tho 32d yearis his ago, 326 yearsae fore the Christi uia era. Aleaeander, i, m. a tyrant f herae, in TheSSaly, ho, Contrar tothecia os nations thre Pelopidas into prison hilo amba adorat his couri H was murdered by his is and e brothors. Aleaeandria, oe,f., a cit in Egypt buit by Alexander the reat. Alpes, ium,f. the highest motant alias in Europe formin the orthernwal os Italy, and stretchin through witZerland the Tyrol, Piedmoni Savoy, and par os ranee TheSO Ountain Separate Italy rom ancient Gaul und Germany. AlpinuS a tim, adj., e longin to the Alps Alpine. Amphipolis, is f. alit os Macedonia, Siluat On the river Strymon onthe confines Os Thraee. Amynta8, E, hin os Macedonia, ather os Philip an grand- sat heris Alexander the reat.

Andocide S is, n. an Athenian Orator, Contemporar With Socrates. Anicia, B, f. the niece of Atticus, and wis of Servius Sulpicius. Antigἴne S, S m. Oneis Alexander' generuis, and commander of the Macedonian Phulun X. AntigonuS i m. One Os Alexander' generales, lio, ster that Conqueror' de ath, Obtuined the fovereigiat os Pamphylia, Lycia, audPhrygia. o Opposed Eumenes an Perdiccus, tho forme os Whom ho oo prisonor, and ordere to e starve to cath. At the ut' of eight horios the fiet against Lysimachus and Seleucus, an fel in batile. Antiochus, i m. nain os Syria, in hos courimannibal too refugowhen astuid faein give umb his countrymen to tho Romana At tho instigationis that resilos Warrior, Antiochus underiOo toinvade Italy but was speedit defented by the Roman armies.

truste With tho govornmon o Macedonia durin his absence :aster tho deuthis Alexander acedonia soli to the lotis Antipater. Antonius, i, n. Marcus, the devote friendis Iulius Caesar, and thoaven ger of his death. Cicero, ho ad inveighed gainst his vices With great severit an eloquenco, fel a victim totis re- Seniment, hen Antonius as SSoeiate in tho triumvirato illi Octavius aud Lepidus. In the distribution hicholio triumviri made of the empiro Anton obtained tho goverumentis the eusti

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in in his right haud a bo an urrows, an in his est an aharmor lyre. Apollocrutes, is m. a Son Os DionySius, the tyrant Os Syrae e. Appia, oe, Sc via, a magnificent Oad sto Rome to Brundusium, a

distance of three hundred an si xt miles It was egu andabout hal finishedra Appius Claudius, the censor in the ear Os Rome 441. Apulia, oe,f., a districtis Italy, o the Adriati se a no called Ptig lia, extendinifrom the rive Frentorio Brundusium and Tarentum. Arcadia, oe,f., a celebriate pastora countr in the centre of the Pe

Arcag. adiS, O ados m. the so os Iupiter an Calisto, and in os the count 'hic derive duro him the nam os Arcadia :-an Arcadian. Archia S, , m. the hie magistrate o Thebes hen Pelopidas restored the libert of his country. Ardea, , f., u O u os Latium, eighte en miles fro Rome.

Ardeatinu S, a, um, adj. Os Ardeu. Arete, S, f., a d aughter os Dionysius. Argiliu8, i, Foung man who discovere to the Ephori of Sparta the re asonable corresponde nee o Pausanias it ArtabaZus. Argivi, brum m. Citi Zeus Os Argos. Arg0S, OS, N. plur Argi orum m. the capitalis th districtis Argolis, in the Peloponn IS. Ariobarzunes, i8, m. n prefectis Lydia an Ionia, unde Artaxerxes. Aristi de 3, 3, m. a Celebrate Athenian the contemporar nn rivalos Themistocles, din distinguished for his probit by the honoro bis appellationis the Iust Though intruste with the charge os metreasuta, he die tu suo poverinthat he was burie at the public

Aristomache, 8.f. the sister os Dion, and wis o Dionysius, tyrant

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Os this continent ver vague ideas ero entertained by the an- Cienis, O homino above ne quarteris it appears to have beenknown. Ita principat divisions ere, Asia Minor Colchis Iboria, an Albania Armenia Syria Arabia Babylonia and Chalde a mesopotamia ossyria mediari Persia audiusianari Parthia, Hyrcania, Margiana, Bactriana, an Sogdianari India; aud Scythia. ASI MINOR, a region o Asia, to the east os tho Archipelago, noWcalle Ana lia. It was no distinguished by tho nam o Asia Minor iit about themiddie geS. Aspendus, i, f, a townis Pamphylia, in Asia Minor.

Athenoe strum, s. tho capitalis Attica, und tho mos celebrate cityos ancient Gree corio externu elegance, an so the ingenuit otiis inhabitanis, and thei proficienc in polite earning Science,

Athenienses, ium, . Atheni an inhabitant of A thens. Atheniensis, is, , ad . Atheniam os AthenS. Attica, B, f., a Country O Greece siluate on the western horo os tho Archipelago, and rom it maritimo siluation callod likewise Acte, o tho eoast. It was about fisty miles in longili rom Eleusis to

Atticu S, a, um, adj. Attic os Attica. Atticu S i m. a num gi Veno Titus Pomponius, a Romananightisrom his long residenco in Athens. stiluS i m. praenomen Ommon umong tho Romans, as Aulus Torquatus Aulus Gellius, c.

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HISTORICA AN GEOGRAPHICA INDEX. 359 Aurelius, i m. L. Cotta, a Roman consul in the time os Hannibal. Automatia, E, f., Auro iaria, the goddeS O Fortune, o the temple os that goddeSS. Autophradates, is m. a generalis tho Persia monaret Artaxerxes.

Babylon, nisis, the capitalis Chaldea, and long the mos celebrate dcity in tho orid. Tho rive Euphrates flowed through tho id.

to dispalch Alcibiades. Balbus, i m. Lucius Cornelius, a friendis Atticus.

Bithyni brum m. Bithyniaum inhabitant os Bithynia. Bithynia, et f., a Countrym Asia Minor, extending long the outho tho Euxino ea stom the Thracia Bosphorus Stratis of Constantinopi e to the rive Parthenius, no culle Bartin. Boeotia, E, f., a Couutry O Greece, havin Attica an Megaris o thoeast, an extendinis rom tho Euripus to tho Corinthia Guis It was covere with a thio atmosphere, hieli,n SuppoSed to rende tho inhabitantiduli an stupid. The enerin displayed by the

Boeotians, unde Epaminondas an Pelopidas, was a sufficient refutationis that opinion. Boeoticus, a, iam adb. O Boeotia, Boeotian. Boeotii, rum m. inhabitant os Boeotia, Boeotians.

BrutuS i m. tho amem au illustrious Roman amily the rs os whom, Lucius Iunius having obtaine the nam os Brutus Domitis affectin idioc to escape the tyranny o Tarquin the Proud, becum usterWard the aven geris Lucretia and tho parent os Roma liberty. Marcus Brutus, an centuries after inherilingliis great progenitor' passion or liberty, a the clites conspirator against Julius Caesar, ho aspire t fovereigniower Aster thomurderis Caesar he was de eate by Antony, in the batile os Philippi, and tu despat os his country'sciresdom, killed himselfByzantium, i, . a it in Thrace, o Calle Constantinopte, DomConstantine tho Great, ho transferre thither ro Romo hoseat os empire, A. D. 330. t is no tho capital os tho Turhisti

Byzantii orum m. the inhabitant of Byzantium. Buzia, B, f., a mali fori in Thrace.

Cadmea, e .f. the ciladelis Thebes, bullia Cadmus. Cadusii, rum m. v people of Asia, siluate between Pontus und the Caspia Sen. Coecilius, i m. a Roman knight unctorio Atticus. Coegar, IriS, m. the sumam os thoraulian lamii a Rome Astor

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Calidius, i m. Lucius Iulius, a contemporar an frien o Atticus, eminent for his Nealth, virlues, leurning und poetica genius. Callias, , m. a teli Athenian who marrie the sister of Cimon. Callicrates, is m. a Crasty und unprincipie Athenian who, underpretenco os hospitality ordere Dion, Os Syracuse, to e mur-

Calliphron onis, . a man by hom Epaminondas as augiit to

dor to Arcadia, at tho amo time illi Epaminondas, hil eachos them ought sorii own stato the alliance of tho Arcadians. Camillus, i m. Lucius Furius, a celebrate Roman generat, WhO, uster severa splendi victories liadaee banished by his ungrate-sul countrymen. Durin his exile, hilo Romo was besieged by Brennus, the Gaul, and tho Romana ero Submittinguo ignomin-ious term os accommodation, Camillus, urriVin With an army, dolante tho barbarians an delivere tho ity. CamisSares, is m. sutheris Datames, the Carian. Cannae, strum, s. a cit os Apulia, amouiso the laurili and greatestos tho victorios hichmannibal aine ove tho Romans. WhOWere commandeda Terentius Varro an Paulus Emilius.

Cannensis, is, , ad j. O Cannae.

Capitolium, i, N. the capito os Rome a celebrated templo os Iupiter, bulli on tho Tarpeia hili. In digging the Dundation, tho eados a manis amed olus is salesto have beon Dund, bleedin alaesti henco it was calle Capitolium, ascis caput Toli. Cappadocia, et f. An extensive Ountr os Asia, havin Phrygia onthe est, an Armeniumn the east This country asteque athedb Alexander to Eumenes. O tho extinctionis the roya sum-ily tho Romans offered the Cuppadocian a republiean OVern-ment, Whicli the refused to accept. The inhabitant wero called Syri by the Greelis and a tho Roman procure mos os their flaves stor Cappadocia, Syrus is osten ut so the nam os a

Cappadoae dcis m. ors, a Cappadocian, o inhabitantis Cappadocia. rivor in Cappadocia. Captiunt, rum, a peoplo os Asia, probabinos Asia Minor, Whose

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Moinder and tho Xanthus o Scamander in the Troas. Carthago, in is f. the mos celebrate diit os ancient Asrica long tho formidabi rival o Romo It was bulli by a colon os Tyrians, unde Dido, about Sixty-fivo eam besore the foundation os Rome an destroyed by Scipi Asricanus, tho Ounger, in tho hird Puni War, about ne hundred an sorty-seven ear besore Christ. It was twenty-three miles in circumfere nee undis beingset trocloantho Romans, is sal to have bumed seventeen holedays. It was parti rebuit by Iulius Caesar Augustus, and Adrian, and was inalty demolished by tho Saracens, in theraeuentlicentury It ruin are stili to e seen abo ut iste en miles northoastis Tuuis. Carthaginiensis, is m. ors, a Carthaginian. Carthaginiensis, is, , ad j. Os Curthage. CaSSander, i, m. tho Son Os Antipater, hom e succcede on thothrono os Macedoniu. Ca8Sius, i m. Caius, ou of the principat conspirator against

Julius Caesar Be in deseate by Antony, in tho decisive batile o Philippi ho ordere his Deedman to terco him through, Withtha very word hic ho ad staino in tho loo o Caesar.

Brutus lamentediim a the las of the Romans. Cataonia, oe, a C Ounir in Asia, ea Cappadocia. Cato, HiS, . a Surnum of the Porcia famil in Rome Thissamit was irst rendered illustriousi M. Porcius Cato, generat lyknown by the nam O Cato tho Censor. e was distinguished by his ardent love of his country the austerit Os hi munuere, an his inflexibi integrity. is reat politica maxim a thonecessit os destroyin Carthagori and the invariabio conclusionos ali his spe eches in the senato as DELENDA EST CARTHAGO.Η died in extremo id ago, about 150 years eforo Christ.-os equa celebrit Was MARCU CATO, generali surname Uticensis, great-grundSon os the Censor. He was rigi in reformin abuses his virtve was inflexibie, and his veracit proverbial. In tho civit Nar etween Caesar an Pompey, he spoused the cause Os tholaiter; and when, aster th batile o Pharsalia, he was bout tob bosiege by Caesar in Utica ho ille himself, to prevent his fallin ulive into the victor' hands havin previo usi fortisted himself against the ear of eat by re adin Plato' treatis ontho immortalit of tho oul. Catullus, i m. Cuius o Quintus Valerius, a native os Verona, hO, tu the age of Caesar an Cicero, acquire greatria mea his poetica talents. In his epigrams, he has imitate tho Gree writers Wit success, and was the fini ho introduce thoi numbersint Latin poetry. o lampoone Caesar, WhOS Oni reVeuge waS, to invite the poet, an entertui him hospitabi at his able. Catulu8, i m. Quintus Lutatius, a Roman generat deseate Hamilcar, uti destroyed si hundred of the Carthagini an hips Thisterminated the firSt unio ur. Centenius, i, moi, a Roma praetor, Elai in an eugagement Witti Hannibal. 2 l

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362 HISTORICA L AND MEO GRAPHICAL INDEX. Ceraunu8, i m. a urnam os Ptolem ΙΙ. Signi sying thunder, and expressive of his boldness. Cethegus, i m. Publius Cornelius, a Roman OnSul. ChabriaS, B, m. a celebrated Athenia generat, ho signatized im- sol by supporting the Boeotians against Agesilaus, and by tho conquestis CyprUS. Chalcioecus, i m. a bragen templo os inerva, in Lacedaemon, in

Whicli Pausanias ought refugo stomotio just indignationis his

Chaonia, oe,f., a divisionis Epirus. ChaoneS um m. the inhabitant of Chaonia. Chares, elis, an Athenia generat, contemporar With Chabrias. Charon, nis, a Theban who received into his ous Pelopidas, and his patrioli selendes, when the returned rom exile to emancipate thoi counir Dom tyranny. CherSonesus, i, f., u peninsulam Thraco sormed by the banos Melas and tho Propontis, se os armora. This peninsula extendedabout fist miles in longili. Otho poninsulae aro likewis distinguished by the nam o Chersonesus, a tho Chersonectus Aurea, MALACCV Chersonesus Cimbrica, JUΤLΑΝm Chersonesus aurica, CRIΜ TARTARY.Chios, oris, i, , Cio, an fland in tho Egean ea botween Lesbos and Samos, abo ut 125 miles in circumferonee sum ouisor iis inoand beautisu marble. Cic Ero, nis m. I, the mos eloquent an ac complisite os tho RomanS, RS Orn ut Arpinum, a tow of the Volsci, in Latium. B SuppresSing, hilo ConSul the angerous Conspirae os Catiline ho merito tho appellationis father of his countrv. Asterili ruin os Roman liberty ho was proscribe by the Triumviri, at the destre os ar Antony, against hos vices he had in-veighe with great severit in thos celebrato orations callo his Philippios. o was illed by tho soldier os Antony, who, in bruta triumph ordere his heu and right han toto fixod uminthe Forum, rhero his eloqueno hadiso osten been the protectionos the innocon and tho terror of tho guilly. His plendi orationes, an his voluminous riting on rhetorio an philoSOphy, Omprehending, and finet illustratin ut the science of the times, ontille him to the first an union Roman authors, und wil remain imperisti te monuments of his unrivalle genius an erudition. 2, Quintus, brother os . Cicero. GliceS tim m. inhabitant of Cilicia. Cilicia, cae, , a Country os Asia inor, on tho coastis tho Mediterraneuti, orth DOm Cyprus, ouili rom ount Taurus, and wosthoni the Euphrates It was divide into thro districis, Cilicia Aspera, o Tracheotis Cilicia Campestris, o Pediam; and Cilicia Propria. It was nolosed by mountains, hicli ad ni a sow

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Cinna, B, m. Lucius Cornelius, a Roman enorat, the Contemporam

prepariniso hostilities against Sylla

ii composed sor Lysander, hin te tho propriet os mahing tho

Corinthus, i, f., ancienti calle Ephyra tho capital os Achaia ropria, a sit uate between tho Sinus Corinthiacus Gul of Lo- panto and the Sinus Saronicus, Gulf Egina. Corinth, as

Crat grus, i m. a favori te genera os Alexander tho Great, hos lirahe wrote. O the partition o Alexander' dominio iis, after his deuth, Greece an Epirus ero allotted O Craterus. o sol in abutilo against Eumeties, in Asia, . . 328. Creta, e .f., CANDIA, an Stan in the Mediterranean to the outhwest

liave Contained in ancient times, a hundred cities. Cretenses, tum m. the inhabitant of Crete. Crimessus, i m. rive of Sicily, calle lilio Nise Crimisus, o Crini-SuS, O Caltabellota. Crithote, es f., calle lihewiso Erchtho, a tow of tho Thracian Chersonesus, sit uate On themoll0sponi.

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B. C. 403.

Cyrenoe strum, s. a celebrate cit in the province os Cyrenaica, in Africa It was Dunded by a colon o Grooks rom tho fland

Thera, and was sit uate abolit eleven miles DOm theraea. Cyrenoei orum m. inhabitunt o Cyrenae.

Cyrus, i m. Major, hing of the Perstans, an Son os Cambyses and Mandane. 6 defente his grundlather Astyages, wh0So ing-dom Modia ho rendere tributar to Persi a. e conquered Croesus, Ling o Lydia, invade Assyria, and took iis capital Babylon by turning the ourse of the Euphrates. o us atlast de aled by Tomyris, queen of tho Massagetae, ho ut ossitis heud, and throw it into a vesse fille with humau lood, exclairning o satiato thysol with humanalood for hicli thou

Cyrus, i m. Minor the brother Os Artaxerxes hin os PerSia, hom, with the assistanee of tho Greelis, he attempte to ethrono Thebrother me a tho ead of thei respective armies, and rushinglariousi against euch other, Cyrus,us Stain B. C. 403. Cyzicus, i f., a cit o Mysia, in Asia Minor, o tho Propontis, or

after tho murde Os merdis. e provoked tho enmit os tho Greelis by attachin tho Onians, an particulari of tho Athenians by heltering thei exile tyrant Hippias. Stimulate to