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Lex, law of the Aedui respecting the election of magistrates, G. vii. 33
Lex, Julian law, C. ii. 14
Lex, the Pompeian law respecting bribery, C. iii. 1
Lex, two Caelian laws, C. iii. 20, 21
Lexovii, an ancient people of Gaul, Lisieux in Normandy, G. iii. 11, 17
Liberty of the Gauls, G. iii. 8; the desire of, G. v. 27; the sweetness of, G. iii. 10; the incitement to, G. vii. 76; C. i. 47
Libo, praefect of Pompey's fleet, C. iii. 5; converses with Caesar at Oricum, C. iii. 16; takes possession of the Island at Brundisium, C. iii. 23; threatens the partisans of Caesar, C. iii. 24; withdraws from Brundisium, ibid.
Liburni, an ancient people of Illyricum, inhabiting part of the present Croatia
Liger, or Ligeris, the Loire; one of the greatest and most celebrated rivers of France, said to receive one hundred and twelve rivers in its course; it rises in Velay, and falls into the Bay of Aquitain, below Nantz, G. iii. 5
Ligŭria, a part of ancient Italy, extending from the Apennines to the Tuscan Sea, containing Ferrara, and the territories of Genoa
Limo, or Limōnum, a city of ancient Gaul, Poitiers
Lingŏnes, a people of Gallia Belgica, inhabiting in and about Langres, in Champagne, G. i. 26, 40
Liscus, one of the Aedui, accuses Dumnorix to Caesar, G. i. 16, 17
Lissus, an ancient city of Macedonia, Alessio
Litavicus, one of the Aedui, G. vii. 37; his treachery and flight, G. vii. 38
Lucani, an ancient people of Italy, inhabiting the country now called Basilicate
Luceria, an ancient city of Italy, Lucera
Lucretius Vespillo, one of Pompey's followers, C. iii. 7
Lucterius or Laterius, one of the Cadurci, vii. 5, 7
Lusitānia, Portugal, a kingdom on the west of Spain, formerly a part of it
Lusitanians, light-armed troops, C. i. 48
Lutetia, Paris, an ancient and famous city, now the capital of all France, on the river Seine
Lygii, an ancient people of Upper Germany, who inhabited the country now called Silesia, and on the borders of Poland
Măcĕdōnia, a large country, of great antiquity and fame, containing several provinces, now under the Turks
Macedonian cavalry among Pompey's troops, C. iii. 4
Maeōtis Palus, a vast lake in the north part of Scythia, now called Marbianco, or Mare della Tana. It is about six hundred miles in compass, and the river Tanais disembogues itself into it
Magetŏbrĭa, or Amagetobria, a city of Gaul, near which Ariovistus defeated the combined forces of the Gauls. It is supposed to correspond to the modern Moigte de Broie, near the village of Pontailler
Mandubĭi, an ancient people of Gaul, l'Anxois, in Burgundy; their famine and misery, G. vii. 78
Mandubratius, a Briton, G. v. 20
Marcellus, Caesar's enemy, G. viii 53
Marcius Crispus, is sent for a protection to the inhabitants of Thabena
Marcomanni, a nation of the Suevi, whom Cluverius places between the Rhine, the Danube and the Neckar; who settled, however, under Maroboduus, in Bohemia and Moravia. The name Marcomanni signifies border-men. Germans, G. i. 51
Marrucīni, an ancient people of Italy, inhabiting the country now called Abruzzo, C. i. 23; ii. 34
Mars, G. vi. 17
Marsi, an ancient people of Italy inhabiting the country now called Ducato de Marsi, C. ii. 27
Massilia, Marseilles, a large and flourishing city of Provence, in France, on the Mediterranean, said to be very ancient, and, according to some, built by the Phoenicians, but as Justin will have it, by the Phocaeans, in the time of Tarquinius, king of Rome
Massilienses, the inhabitants of Marseilles, C. i. 34-36
Matisco, an ancient city of Gaul, Mascon, G. vii. 90
Matrŏna, a river in Gaul, the Marne, G. i. 1
Mauritania, Barbary, an extensive region of Africa, divided into M. Caesariensis, Tingitana, and Sitofensis
Mediomatrīces, a people of Lorrain, on the Moselle, about the city of Mentz, G. iv. 10
Mediterranean Sea, the first discovered sea in the world, still very famous, and much frequented, which breaks in from the Atlantic Ocean, between Spain and Africa, by the straits of Gibraltar, or Hercules' Pillar, the ne plus ultra of the ancients
Meldae, according to some the people of Meaux; but more probably corrupted from Belgae
Melodunum, an ancient city of Gaul, upon the Seine, above Paris, Melun, G. vii. 58, 60
Menapii, an ancient people of Gallia Belgica, who inhabited on both sides of the Rhine. Some take them for the inhabitants of Cleves, and others of Antwerp, Ghent, etc., G. ii. 4; iii. 9
Menedemus, C. iii. 34
Mercurius, G. v. 17
Mesŏpŏtāmia, a large country in the middle of Asia, between the Tigris and the Euphrates, Diarbeck
Messāna, an ancient and celebrated city of Sicily, still known by the name of Messina, C. iii. 101
Mĕtaurus, a river of Umbria, now called Metoro, in the duchy of Urbino
Metiosēdum, an ancient city of Gaul, on the Seine, below Paris, Corbeil, G. vii. 61
Metrŏpŏlis, a city of Thessaly, between Pharsalus and Gomphi, C. iii. 11
Milo, C. iii. 21
Minerva, G. vi. 12
Minutius Rufus, C. iii. 7
Mitylene, a city of Lesbos, Metelin
Moesia, a country of Europe, and a province of the ancient Illyricum, bordering on Pannonia, divided into the Upper, containing Bosnia and Servia, and the Lower, called Bulgaria
Mona, in Caesar, the Isle of Man; in Ptolemy, Anglesey, G. v. 13
Morĭni, an ancient people of the Low Countries, who probably inhabited on the present coast of Bologne, on the confines of Picardy and Artois, because Caesar observes that from their country was the nearest passage to Britain, G. ii. 4
Moritasgus, G. v. 54
Mosa, the Maess, or Meuse, a large river of Gallia Belgica, which falls into the German Ocean below the Briel, G. iv. 10
Mosella, the Moselle, a river which, running through Lorrain, passes by Triers and falls unto the Rhine at Coblentz, famous for the vines growing in the neighbourhood of it
Mysia, a country of Asia Minor, not far from the Hellespont, divided Into Major and Minor
Nabathaei, an ancient people of Arabia, uncertain
Nannētes, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the country about Nantes, G. iii. 9
Nantuātes, an ancient people of the north part of Savoy, whose country is now called Le Chablais, G. iii. 1
Narbo, Narbonne, an ancient Roman city in Languedoc, in France, said to be built a hundred and thirty-eight years before the birth of Christ, G. iii. 20
Narisci, the ancient people of the country now called Nortgow, in Germany, the capital of which is the famous city of Nuremburg
Nasua, the brother of Cimberius, and commander of the hundred cantons of the Suevi, who encamped on the banks of the Rhine with the intention of crossing that river, G. i. 37
Naupactus, an ancient and considerable city of Aetolia, now called Lepanto, C. iii. 35
Nemētes, a people of ancient Germany, about the city of Spire, on the Rhine, G. i. 51
Nemetocenna, a town of Belgium, not known for certain; according to some, Arras, G. viii, 47
Neocaesarea, the capital of Ponts, on the river Licus, now called Tocat
Nervii, an ancient people of Gallia Belgica, thought to have dwelt in the now diocese of Cambray. They attacked Caesar on his march, and fought until they were almost annihilated, G. ii. 17
Nessus, or Nestus, a river is Thrace, Nesto Nicaea, a city of Bithynia, now called Isnick, famous for the first general council, anno 324, against Arianism
Nitōbrĭges, an ancient people of Gaul, whose territory lay on either side of the Garonne, and corresponded to the modern Agennois, in the department of Lot-et-Garonne. Their capital was Agrimum, now Agen, G. vii. 7, 31, 46, 75
Noreia, a city on the borders of Illyricum, in the province of Styria, near the modern village of Newmarket, about nine German miles from Aquileia, G. i. 5
Nōrĭcae Alpes, that part of the Alps which were in, or bordering upon, Noricum
Nōrĭcum, anciently a large country, and now comprehending a great part of Austria, Styria, Carinthia, part of Tyrol, Bavaria, etc., and divided into Noricum Mediterraneum and Ripense. It was first conquered by the Romans under Tiberius, in the reign of Augustus, and was celebrated for its mineral treasures, especially iron
Nŏvĭŏdūnum Belgarum, an ancient city of Belgic Gaul, now called Noyon
Nŏvĭŏdūnum Biturĭgum, Neuvy, or Neufvy, G. vii. 12
Nŏvĭŏdūnum Aeduorum, Nevers, G. vii. 55
Nŏvĭŏdūnum Suessionum, Soissons, al. Noyon, G. ii. 12
Nŏvĭomāgum, Spire, an ancient city of Germany, in the now upper circle of the Rhine, and on that river
Numantia, a celebrated city of ancient Spain, famous for a gallant resistance against the Romans, in a siege of fourteen years; Almasan
Numeius, G. i. 7
Numĭdae, the inhabitants of, G. ii. 7
Numidĭa, an ancient and celebrated kingdom of Africa, bordering on Mauritania; Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, etc.
Nȳmphaeum, a promontory of Illyricum, exposed to the south wind, and distant about three miles from Lissus, Alessio, C. iii. 26
Ocĕlum, a town situated among the Cottian Alps, Usseau in Piedmont, G. i. 10
Octavius, C. iii. 9
Octodūrus, a town belonging to the Veragrians, among the Pennine Alps, now Martigny in the Valois, G. iii. 1 Octogēsa, a city of Hispania Tarraconensis, Mequinenza, C. i. 61
Ollovico, G. vii. 31
Orchŏmĕnus, a town in Boeotia, Orcomeno, C. iii. 5 5
Orcynia, the name given by Greek writers to the Hercynian forest
Orgetōrix, G. i. 2, 3
Orĭcum, a town in Epirus, Orco, or Orcha, C. iii. 11, 12
Oscēnses, the people of Osca, a town in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Huescar, C. i. 60
Osīsmĭi, an ancient people of Gaul, one of the Gentes Armoricae. Their country occupied part of Neodron Brittany; capital Vorganium, afterwards Osismii, and now Korbez. In this territory also stood Brivatas Portus, now Brest, G. i. 34
Otacilii, C. iii. 28
Padua, the Po, the largest river in Italy, which rises in Piedmont, and dividing Lombardy into two parts, falls into the Adriatic Sea, by many mouths; south of Venice
Paemāni, an ancient people of Gallia Belgica; according to some, those of Luxemburg; according to others, the people of Pemont, near the Black Forest, in part of the modern Lugen, G. ii. 4
Pălaeste, a town in Epirus, near Oricurn
Pannōnĭa, a very large country in the ancient division of Europe, divided into the Upper and Lower, and comprehended betwixt Illyricum, the Danube, and the mountains Cethi
Părisĭi, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the country now called the Isle of France. Their capital was Lutetia, afterwards Parisii, now Paris, G. vi. 3
Pārthĭa, a country in Asia, lying between Media, Caramania, and the Hyreanian Sea
Parthians at war with Rome, C. iii. 31
Pārthīni, a people of Macedonia; their chief city taken by storm, C. iii. 41
Pēlīgni, a people of Italy in Abruzzo, C. i. 15
Pĕlŏponnēsus, the Morea, a famous, large, and fruitful peninsula of Greece, now belonging to the Venetians
Pēlūsĭum, an ancient and celebrated city of Egypt, Belbais; Pompey goes to it, C. iii. 103; taken by Mithridates
Pērgămus, an ancient and famous city of Mysia, Pergamo
Perĭnthus, a city of Thrace, about a day's journey west of Constantinople, now in a decaying condition, and called Heraclea
Pērsĭa, one of the largest, most ancient and celebrated kingdoms of Asia
Pētra, an ancient city of Macedonia, uncertain
Petreius, one of Pompey's lieutenants, C. i. 38
Pētrŏgŏrĭi, a country in Gaul, east of the mouth of the Garumna; their chief city was Vesuna, afterwards Petrocorii, now Perigueux, the capital of Perigord
Peūcīni, the inhabitants of the islands of Peuce, in one of the mouths of the Danube
Phārsālĭa, a part of Thessaly, famous for the battle between Caesar and Pompey, which decided the fate of the Roman commonwealth
Pharus, an isle facing the port of Alexandria in ancient Egypt; Farion
Phasis, a large river in Colchis, now called Fasso, which flows into the Euxine Sea
Phĭlippi, a city of Macedonia, on the confines of Thrace, Filippo
Phĭlīppŏpŏlis, a city of Thrace, near the river Hebrus, Filippopoli
Phrygĭa, two countries in Asia Minor, one called Major, the other Minor
Pīcēnum, an ancient district of Italy, lying eastward of Umbria; the March of Ancona; according to others, Piscara
Pīcti, Picts, an ancient barbarous northern people, who by inter-marriages became, in course of time, one nation with the Scots; but are originally supposed to have come out of Denmark or Scythia, to the Isles of Orkney, and from thence into Scotland
Pīctŏnes, an ancient people of Gaul, along the southern bank of the Liger, or Loire. Their capital was Limonum, afterwards Pictones, now Paitross, in the department de la Vienne, G. iii. 11
Pirūstae, an ancient people of Dalmatia, Illyricum, on the confines of Pannonia. They are the same as the Pyraci of Pliny (H. N. iii. 22), G. v. i
Pĭsaurum, a city of Umbria in Italy, Pisaro
Piso, an Aquitanian, slain, G. iv. 12
Placentia, an ancient city of Gallia Cisalpina, near the Po, now the metropolis of the duchy of Piacenza, which name it also bears
Pleumŏsi, an ancient people of Gallia Belgica, subject to the Nervians, and inhabiting near Tournay
Pompey, at first friendly to Caesar, G. vi. 1; subsequently estranged, G. viii. 53; could not bear an equal his authority, power, and influence, C. i. 61; sends ambassadors to Caesar, C. i. 8, 10; always received great respect from Caesar, C. i. 8; Caesar desires to bring him to an engagement, C. iii. 66; his unfortunate flight, C. iii. 15, 94, 102; his death, C. iii. 6, 7.
Pomponius, C. iii. 101
Pontus Euxīnus, the Euxine, or Black Sea, from the Aegean along the Hellespont, to the Maeotic Lake, between Europe and Asia
Posthŭmĭāna Castra, an ancient town in Hispania Baetica, now called Castro el Rio
Pothinus, king Ptolemy's tutor, C. iii. 108; his death, C. iii. 112
Praeciani, an ancient people of Gaul, Precius; they surrendered to the Romans, G. iii. 27
Provincia Romāna, or Romanorum, one of the southern provinces of France, the first the Romans conquered and brought into the form of a province, whence it obtained its name; which it still in some degree retains, being called at this day Provence. It extended from the Pyrenees to the Alps, along the coast. Provence is only part of the ancient Provincia, which in its full extent included the departments of Pyrénées-Orientales, l'Arriège, Aude[**Note: misprint "Ande" in the original], Haute Garonne, Tarn, Herault, Gard, Vaucluse, Bouches-du- Rhône, Var, Basses-Alpes, Hautes-Alpes, La Drôme, l'Isère, l'Ain
Prusa, or Prusas, Bursa, a city of Bithynia, at the foot of Olympus, built by Hannibal
Ptolemaeius, Caesar interferes between him and Cleopatra, C. iii. 107; his father's will, C. iii. 108; Caesar takes the royal youth into his power, C. iii. 109
Ptŏlĕmāis, an ancient city of Africa, St. Jean d'Acre
Publius Attius Varus, one of Pompey's generals, C. ii. 23 Pyrenaei Montes, the Pyrenees, or Pyrenean mountains, one of the largest chains of mountains in Europe, which divide Spain from France, running from east to west eighty-five leagues in length. The name is derived from the Celtic Pyren or Pyrn, a high mountain, hence also Brenner, in the Tyrol
Ravenna, a very ancient city of Italy, near the coast of the Adriatic Gulf, which still retains its ancient name. In the decline of the Roman empire, it was sometimes the seat of the emperors of the West; as it was likewise of the Visi-Gothic kingdom, C. i. 5
Raurāci, a people of ancient Germany, near the Helvetii, who inhabited near where Basle in Switzerland now is; they unite with the Helvetii, and leave home, G. i. 5, 29
Rebilus, one of Caesar's lieutenants, a man of great military experience, C. ii. 34
Remi, the people of Rheims, a very ancient, fine, and populous city of France, in the province of Champagne, on the river Vesle; surrender to Caesar, G. ii. 3; their influence and power with Caesar, G. v. 54; vi. 64; they fall into an ambuscade of the Bellovaci, G. viii. 12
Rhɇdones, an ancient people of Gaul inhabiting about Rennes, in Bretagne; they surrender to the Romans, G. ii. 34
Rhaetia, the country of the Grisons, on the Alps, near the Hercynian Forest
Rhenus, the Rhine, a large and famous river in Germany, which it formerly divided from Gaul. It springs out of the Rhaetian Alps, in the western borders of Switzerland, and the northern of the Grisons, from two springs which unite near Coire, and falls into the Meuse and the German Ocean, by two mouths, whence Virgil calls it Rhenus bicornis. It passes through Lacus Brigantinus, or the Lake of Constance, and Lacus Acronius or the Lake of Zell, and then continues its westerly direction to Basle (Basiliae). It then bends northward, and separates Germany from France, and further down Germany from Belgium. At Schenk the Rhine sends off its left-hand branch, the Vahalis (Waal), by a western course to join the Mosa or Meuse. The Rhine then flows on a few miles, and again separates into two branches—the one to the right called the Flevo, or Felvus, or Flevum—now the Yssel, and the other called the Helium, now the Leek. The latter joins the Mosa above Rotterdam. The Yssel was first connected with the Rhine by the canal of Drusus. It passed through the small lake of Flevo before reaching the sea which became expanded into what is now called the Zuyder Zee by increase of water through the Yssel from the Rhine. The whole course of the Rhine is nine hundred miles, of which six hundred and thirty are navigable from Basle to the sea.—G. iv. 10, 16, 17; vi. 9, etc.; description of it, G. iv. 10
Rhŏdănus, the Rhone, one of the most celebrated rivers of France, which rises from a double spring in Mont de la Fourche, a part of the Alps, on the borders of Switzerland, near the springs of the Rhine. It passes through the Lacus Lemanus, Lake of Geneva, and flows with a swift and rapid current in a southern direction into the Sinus Gallicus, or Gulf of Lyons. Its whole course is about four hundred miles
Rhodŏpe, a famous mountain of Thrace, now called Valiza
Rhŏdus, Rhodes, a celebrated island in the Mediterranean, upon the coast of Asia Minor, over against Caria
Rhyndăgus, a river of Mysia in Asia, which falls into the Propontis
Rŏma, Rome, once the seat of the Roman empire, and the capital of the then known world, now the immediate capital of Camagna di Roma only, on the river Tiber, and the papal seat; generally supposed to have been built by Romulus, in the first year of the seventh Olympiad, B.C. 753
Roscillus and Aegus, brothers belonging to the Allobroges, revolt from Caesar to Pompey, C. iii. 59
Roxolⱥni, a people of Scythia Europaea, bordering upon the Alani; their country, anciently called Roxolonia, is now Red Russia
Rŭtɇni, an ancient people of Gaul, to the north-west of the Volcae Arecomici, occupying the district now called Le Rauergne. Their capital was Segodunum, afterwards Ruteni, now Rhodes, G. i. 45; vii. 7, etc.
Sābis, the Sambre, a river of the Low Countries, which rises in Picardy, and falls into the Meuse at Namur, G. ii. 16, 18; vi. 33
Sabura, general of king Juba, C. ii. 38; his stratagem against Curio, C. ii. 40; his death, C. ii. 95
Sadales, the son of king Cotys, brings forces to Pompey, C. iii. 4
Salassii, an ancient city of Piedmont, whose chief town was where now Aosta is situate
Salluvii, Sallyes, a people of Gallia Narbonensis, about where Aix now is
Salōna, an ancient city of Dalmatia, and a Roman colony; the place where Dioclesian was born, and whither he retreated, after he had resigned the imperial dignity
Sālsus, a river of Hispania Baetica, Rio Salado, or Guadajos
Sămăröbrīva, Amiens, an ancient city of Gallia Belgica, enlarged and beautified by the emperor Antoninus Pius, now Amicus, the chief city of Picardy, on the river Somme; assembly of the, Gauls held there, G. v. 24
Sāntŏnes, the ancient inhabitants of Guienne, or Xantoigne, G. i. 10
Sārdĭnĭa, a large island in the Mediterranean, which in the time of the Romans had forty-two cities, it now belongs to the Duke of Savoy, with the title of king
Sārmātĭa, a very large northern country, divided into Sarmatia Asiatica, containing Tartary, Petigora, Circassia, and the country of the Morduitae; and Sarmatia Europaea, containing Russia, part of Poland, Prussia, and Lithuania
Savus, the Save, a large river which rises in Upper Carniola, and falls into the Danube at Belgrade
Scaeva, one of Caesar's centurions, displays remarkable valour, C. iii. 5 3; his shield is pierced in two hundred and thirty places
Scāldis, the Scheld, a noted river in the Low Countries, which rises in Picardy, and washing several of the principal cities of Flanders and Brabant in its course, falls into the German Ocean by two mouths, one retaining its own name, and the other called the Honte. Its whole course does not exceed a hundred and twenty miles. G. vi. 33
Scandinavĭa, anciently a vast northern peninsula, containing what is yet called Schonen, anciently Scania, belonging to Denmark; and part of Sweden, Norway, and Lapland
Scipio, his opinion of Pompey and Caesar, C. i. 1, 21; his flight, C. iii. 37
Sĕdūlĭus, general of the Lemovices; his death, G. vii. 38
Sēdūni, a people of Gaul, to the south-east of the Lake of Geneva, occupying the upper part of the Valais. Their chief town was Civitus Sedunorum, now Sion, G. iii. i
Sēdūsĭi, an ancient people of Germany, on the borders of Suabia, G. i. 51
Sēgni, an ancient German nation, neighbours of the Condrusi, Zulpich
Sēgōntĭāci, a people of ancient Britain, inhabiting about Holshot, in Hampshire, G. v. 21
Segovia, a city of Hispania Baetica, Sagovia la Menos
Sĕgūsĭāni, a people of Gallia Celtica, about where Lionois Forest is now situate
Senŏnes, an ancient nation of the Celtae, inhabiting the country about the Senonois, in Gaul
Sequăna, the Seine, one of the principal rivers of France, which rising in the duchy of Burgundy, not far from a town of the same name, and running through Paris, and by Rouen, forms at Candebec a great arm of the sea
Sequăni, an ancient people of Gallia Belgica, inhabiting the country now called the Franche Comté, or the Upper Burgundy; they bring the Germans into Gaul, G. vi. 12; lose the chief power, ibid.
Servilius the consul, C. iii. 21
Sēsūvĭi, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting about Seez; they surrender to the Romans, G. ii. 34
Sextus Bibaculus, sick in the camp, G. vi. 38; fights bravely against the enemy, ibid.
Sextus Caesar, C. ii. 20
Sextus, Quintilius Varus, qaestor, C. i. 23; C. ii. 28
Sibūzātes, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the country around the Adour; they surrender to the Romans, G. iii. 27
Sicilĭa, Sicily, a large island in the Tyrrhene Sea, at the south-west point of Italy, formerly called the storehouse of the Roman empire, it was the first province the Romans possessed out of Italy, C. i. 30
Sĭcŏris, a river in Catalonia, the Segre
Sĭgămbri, or Sĭcămbri, an ancient people of Lower Germany, between the Maese and the Rhine, where Cuelderland is; though by some placed on the banks of the Maine, G. iv. 18
Silicensis, a river of Hispania Baetica, Rio de las Algamidas. Others think it a corruption from Singuli
Sinuessa, a city of Campania, not far from the Save, an ancient Roman colony, now in a ruinous condition; Rocca di Mondragoné
Soldurii, G. iii. 22
Sŏtĭātes, or Sontiates, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the country about Aire; conquered by Caesar Aquillus, G. iii. 20, 21
Spārta, a city of Peloponnesus, now called Mucithra, said to be as ancient as the days of the patriarch Jacob
Spoletĭum, Spoleto, a city of great antiquity, of Umbria, in Italy, the capital of a duchy of the same name, on the river Tesino, where are yet some stately ruins of ancient Roman and Gothic edifices
Statius Marcus, one of Caesar's lieutenants, C. iii. i 5
Sŭēssĭōnes, an ancient people of Gaul, les Soissanois; a kindred tribe with the Remi, G. ii. 3; surrender to Caesar, G. iii. 13
Suēvi, an ancient, great, and warlike people of Germany, who possessed the greatest part of it, from the Rhine to the Elbe, but afterwards removed from the northern parts, and settled about the Danube; and some marched into Spain, where they established a kingdom, the greatest nation in Germany, G. i. 37, 51, 54; hold a levy against the Romans, G. iv. 19; the Germans say that not even the gods are a match for them, G. iii. 7; the Ubii pay them tribute, G. iv. 4
Sūlmo, an ancient city of Italy, Sulmona; its inhabitants declare in favour of Caesar, C. i. 18
Sulpicius, one of Caesar's lieutenants, stationed among the Aedui, C. i. 74
Supplications decreed in favour of Caesar on several occasions, G. ii. 15; ibid. 35; iv. 38
Suras, one of the Aeduan nobles, taken prisoner, G. viii. 45
Sylla, though a most merciless tyrant, left to the tribunes the right of giving protection, C. i. 5, 73
Syracūsae, Saragusa, once one of the noblest cities of Sicily, said to have been built by Archias, a Corinthian, about seven hundred years before Christ. The Romans besieged and took it during the second Punic war, on which occasion the great Archimedes was killed
Sȳrtes, the Deserts of Barbary; also two dangerous sandy gulfs in the Mediterranean, upon the coast of Barbary, in Africa, called the one Syrtis Magna, now the Gulf of Sidra; the other Syrtis Parva, now the Gulf of Capes
Tămĕsis, the Thames, a celebrated and well-known river of Great Britain; Caesar crosses it, G. v. 18
Tanăis, the Don, a very large river in Scythia, dividing Asia from Europe. It rises in the province of Resan, in Russia, and flowing through Crim-Tartary, runs into the Maeotic Lake, near a city of the same name, now in ruins
Tārbēlli, a people of ancient Gaul, near the Pyrenees, inhabiting about Ays and Bayonne, in the country of Labourd; they surrender to Crassus, G. iii. 27
Tarcundarius Castor, assists Pompey with three hundred cavalry, C. iii. 4
Tarrăcīna, an ancient city of Italy, which still retains the same name
Tārrăco, Tarragona, a city of Spain, which in ancient time gave name to that part of it called Hispania Tarraconensis; by some said to be built by the Scipios, though others say before the Roman conquest, and that they only enlarged it. It stands on the mouth of the river Tulcis, now el Fracoli, with a small haven on the Mediterranean; its inhabitants desert to Caesar, C. i. 21, 60
Tarūsātes, an ancient people of Gaul, uncertain; according to some, le Teursan; they surrender to the Romans, G. iii. 13, 23, 27
Tasgētĭus, chief of the Carnutes, slain by his countrymen, G. v. 25
Taurōis, a fortress of the inhabitants of Massilia
Taurus, an island in the Adriatic Sea, unknown
Taurus Mons, the largest mountain in all Asia, extending from the Indian to the Aegean Seas, called by different names in different countries, viz., Imaus, Caucasus, Caspius, Cerausius, and in Scripture, Arărat. Herbert says it is fifty English miles over, and 1500 long
Taximagulus, one of the four kings or princes that reigned over Kent, G. v. 22
Tectŏsăges, a branch of the Volcae, G. vi. 24
Tegea, a city of Africa, unknown
Tenchthĕri, a people of ancient Germany, bordering on the Rhine, near Overyssel; they and the Usipĕtes arrive at the banks of the Rhine, iv. 4; cross that river by a stratagem, ibid.; are defeated with great slaughter, ibid. 15
Tergeste, a Roman colony, its inhabitants in the north of Italy cut off by an incursion, G. viii. 24
Terni, an ancient Roman colony, on the river Nare, twelve miles from Spolētum
Teutomatus, king of the Nitobriges, G. vii. 31
Teutŏnes, or Teutoni, an ancient people bordering on the Cimbri, the common ancient name for all the Germans, whence they yet call themselves Teutsche, and their country Teutschland; they are repelled from the territories of the Belgae, G. ii. 4
Thebae, Thebes, a city of Boeotia, in Greece, said to have been built by Cadmus, destroyed by Alexander the Great, but rebuilt, and now known by the name of Stives; occupied by Kalenus, C. iii. 55
Thermŏpylae, a famous pass on the great mountain Oeta, leading into Phocis, in Achaia, now called Bocca di Lupa
Thessaly, a country of Greece, formerly a great part of Macedonia, now called Janna; in conjunction with Aetolia, sends ambassadors to Caesar, C. iii. 34; reduced by Caesar, ibid. 81
Thessalonīca, a chief city of Macedonia, now called Salonichi
Thracia, a large country of Europe, eastward from Macedonia, commonly called Romania, bounded by the Euxine and Aegean Seas
Thūrīi, or Tūrīi, an ancient people of Italy, Torre Brodogneto
Tigurīnus Pagus, one of the four districts into which the Helvetii were divided according to Caesar, the ancient inhabitants of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland, cut to pieces by Caesar, G. i. 12
Titus Ampius attempts sacrilege, but is prevented, C. iii. 105
Tolōsa, Thoulouse, a city of Aquitaine, of great antiquity, the capital of Languedoc, on the Garonne
Toxandri, an ancient people of the Low Countries, about Breda, and Gertruydenburgh; but according to some, of the diocese of Liege
Tralles, an ancient city of Lydia in, Asia Minor, Chara, C. iii. 105
Trebonius, one of Caesar's lieutenants, C. i. 36; torn down from the tribunal, C. iii. 21; shows remarkable industry in repairing the works, C. ii. 14; and humanity, C. iii. 20
Trevĭri, the people of Treves, or Triers, a very ancient city of Lower Germany, on the Moselle, said to have been built by Trebetas, the brother of Ninus. It was made a Roman colony in the time of Augustus, and became afterwards the most famous city of Gallia Belgica. It was for some time the seat of the western empire, but it is now only the seat of the ecclesiastical elector named from it, G. i. 37; surpass the rest of the Gauls in cavalry, G. ii. 24; solicit the Germans to assist them against the Romans, G. v. 2, 55; their bravery, G. viii. 25; their defeat, G. vi. 8, vii. 63
Trĭbŏci, or Trĭbŏces, a people of ancient Germany, inhabiting the country of Alsace, G. i. 51
Tribunes of the soldiers and centurions desert to Caesar, C. i. 5
Tribunes (of the people) flee to Caesar, C. i. 5
Trinŏbantes, a people of ancient Britain, inhabitants of the counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire, G. v. 20
Troja, Troy, a city of Phrygia, in Asia Minor, near Mount Ida, destroyed by the Greeks, after a ten years' siege
Tubero is prevented by Attius Varus from landing on the African coast, G. i. 31
Tulingi, an ancient people of Germany, who inhabited about where now Stulingen in Switzerland is; border on the Helvetii, G. i. 5
Tungri, an ancient people inhabiting about where Tongres, in Liege, now is
Turōnes, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting about Tours
Tuscĭ, or Hetrusci, the inhabitants of Tuscany, a very large and considerable region of Italy, anciently called Tyrrhēnia, and Etruria
Ubii, an ancient people of Lower Germany, who inhabited about where Cologne and the duchy of Juliers now are. They seek protection from the Romans against the Suevi, G. iv. 3; tributary to the Suevi, ibid.; declare in favour of Caesar, G. iv. 9, 14
Ulcilles Hirrus, one of Pompey's officers, C. i. 15
Ulla, or Ulia, a town in Hispania Baetica, in regard to whose situation geographers are not agreed; some making it Monte Major, others Vaena, others Vilia
Umbria, a large country of Italy, on both sides of the Apennines
Unelli, an ancient people of Gaul, uncertain, G. ii. 34
Urbigenus, one of the cantons of the Helvetii, G. i. 27
Usipĕtes, an ancient people of Germany, who frequently changed their habitation
Usita, a town unknown
Uxellodūnum, a town in Gaul, whose situation is not known; according to some, Ussoldun besieged and stormed, G. viii. 32
Vahălis, the Waal, the middle branch of the Rhine, which, passing by Nimĕguen, falls into the Meuse, above Gorcum, G. iv. 10
Valerius Flaccus, one of Caesar's lieutenants, C. i. 30; his death, C. iii. 5 3
Valētĭăcus, the brother of Cotus, G. vii. 32
Vangiŏnes, an ancient people of Germany, about the city of Worms, G. i. 51
Vārēnus, a centurion, his bravery, G. v. 44
Varro, one of Pompey's lieutenants, C. i. 38; his feelings towards Caesar, C. ii. 17; his cohorts driven out by the inhabitants of Carmona, C. ii. 19; his surrender, C. ii. 20
Vārus, the Var, a river of Italy, that flows into the Mediterranean Sea, C. i. 87
Varus, one of Pompey's lieutenants, is afraid to oppose Juba. C. ii. 44; his flight, C. ii. 34
Vatinius, one of Caesar's followers, C. iii. 100
Vĕlauni, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting about Velai
Vellaunodūnum, a town in Gaul, about which geographers are much divided; some making it Auxerre, others Chasteau Landon, others Villeneuve in Lorraine, others Veron. It surrenders, G. vii. 11
Velocasses, an ancient people of Normandy, about Rouen, G. ii. 4
Vĕnĕti, this name was anciently given as well to the Venetians as to the people of Vannes, in Bretagne, in Gaul, for which last it stands in Caesar. They were powerful by sea, G. iii. 1; their senate is put to death by Caesar, G. iii. 16; they are completely defeated, ibid. 15; and surrender, ibid. 16
Veragri, a people of Gallia Lugdunensls, whose chief town was Aguanum, now St. Maurice, G. iii. 1
Verbĭgĕnus, or Urbĭgĕnus Pagus, a nation or canton of the Helvetians, inhabiting the country in the neighbourhood of Orbe
Vercelli Campi, the Plains of Vercellae, famous for a victory the Romans obtained there over the Cimbri. The city of that name is in Piedmont on the river Sesia, on the borders of the duchy of Milan
Vercingetorix, the son of Celtillus, receives the title of king from his followers, G. vii. 4; his plans, G. vii. 8; is accused of treachery, G. vii. 20; his acts, G. vii. 8; surrenders to Caesar, G. vii. 82
Vergasillaunus, the Arvernian, one of the Gallic leaders, G. vii. 76; taken prisoner, G. vii. 88
Vergobrĕtus, the name given to the chief magistrate among the Aedui, G. i. 16
Vĕrŭdoctĭus, one of the Helvetian embassy who request permission from Caesar to pass through the province, G. i. 7
Veromandŭi, a people of Gallia Belgica, whose country, now a part of Picardy, is still called Vermandois
Verōna, a city of Lombardy, the capital of a province of the same name, on the river Adige, said to have been built by the Gauls two hundred and eighty-two years before Christ. It has yet several remains of antiquity
Vertico, one of the Nervii. He was in Cicero's camp when it was attacked by the Eburones, and prevailed on a slave to carry a letter to Caesar communicating that information, G. v. 49
Vertiscus, general of the Remi, G. viii. 12
Vesontio, Besancon, the capital of the Sequani, now the chief city of Burgundy, G. i. 38
Vettōnes, a people of Spain, inhabiting the province of Estremadura, C. i. 38
Vibo, a town in Italy, not far from the Sicilian Straits, Bibona
Vibullius Rufus, one of Pompey's followers, C. i. 15
Vienna, a city of Narbonese Gaul, Vienne in Dauphiny, G. vii. 9
Vindelĭci, an ancient people of Germany, inhabitants of the country of Vindelicia, otherwise called Raetia secunda
Viridomarus, a nobleman among the Aedui, G. vii. 38
Viridorix, king of the Unelli, G. iii. 17
Vistŭla, the Weichsel, a famous river of Poland, which rises in the Carpathian mountains, in Upper Silesia, and falls into the Baltic, not far from Dantzic, by three mouths
Visurgis, the Weser, a river of Lower Germany, which rises in Franconia, and, among other places of note, passing by Bremen, falls into the German Ocean, not far from the mouth of the Elbe, between that and the Ems
Vŏcātes, a people of Gaul, on the confines of the Lapurdenses, G. iii. 23
Vocis, the king of the Norici, G. i. 58
Vŏcontii, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting about Die, in Dauphiny, and Vaison in the county of Venisse
Vogĕsus Mons, the mountain of Vauge in Lorrain, or, according to others, de Faucilles, G. iv. 10
Volcae Arecomĭci, and Tectosages, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the Upper and Lower Languedoc
Volcae, a powerful Gallic tribe, divided into two branches, the Tectosages and Arecomici, G. vii. 7
Volcatius Tullus, one of Caesar's partisans, C. iii. 52
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