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the Celtae, who settled about the River Iberus, or _Ebro_, from whom the country was called Celtiberia, now _Arragon_; Afranius obliges them to furnish a supply of troops, C. i. 38 Celtillus, the father of Vercingetorix, assassinated by the Arverni, G. vii. 4 Cenimagni, or Iceni, an ancient people of Britain, inhabiting the counties of _Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire_, and _Huntingdonshire_ Cenis Mons, that part of the Alps which separates Savoy from Piedmont Cenni, an ancient people of Celtic extraction Cenom[=a]ni, a people of Gallia Celtica, in the country now called _Le Manseau_, adjoining to that of the Insubres Centr[=o]nes, an ancient people of Flanders, about the city of _Courtray_, dependent on the Nervians Centr[=o]nes, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the country of Tarantaise Cerauni Montes, Mountains of Epirus, _Monti di Chimera_ Cerc[=i]na, an island on the coast of Africa, _Chercara, Cercare_ Cevennes, mountains of, Caesar passes them in the midst of winter, though covered with snow six feet deep, G. vii. 8 Chara, a root which served to support Caesar's army in extreme necessity, C. iii. 48; manner of preparing it, _ibid_. Chariots, manner of fighting with them among the Britons, G. iv. 33; dexterity of the British charioteers, _ibid_. Cherron[=e]sus, a peninsula of Africa, near Alexandria Cherson[=e]sus Cimbr[=i]ca, a peninsula on the Baltic, now _Jutland_, part of _Holstein, Ditmarsh_, and _Sleswic_ Cherusci, a great and warlike people of ancient Germany, between the Elbe and the Weser, about the country now called _Mansfield_, part of the duchy of _Brunswick_, and the dioceses of _Hildesheim_ and _Halberstadt_. The Cherusci, under the command of Arminius (Hermann), lured the unfortunate Varus into the wilds of the Saltus Teutoburgiensis (Tutinger Wold), where they massacred him and his whole army. They were afterwards defeated by Germanicus, who, on his march through the forest so fatal to his countrymen, found the bones of the legions where they had been left to blanch by their barbarian conqueror.--See Tacitus's account of the March of the Roman Legions through the German forests, _Annals,_ b. i. c. 71 Cicero, Quintus, attacked in his winter quarters by Ambi[)o]rix, G. v. 39; informs Caesar of his distress, who marches to relieve him, 46; attacked unexpectedly by the Sigambri, who are nevertheless obliged to retire, vi. 36 Cimbri, _the Jutlanders,_ a very
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