ni, in Italy, _St.
Pelino,_ al. _Penlina;_ Caesar lays siege to it, C. i. 16; and obliges
it to surrender, 24
Corinth, a famous and rich city of Achaia, in Greece, in the middle of
the Isthmus going into Peloponnesus
Corneli[=a]na Castra, a city of Africa, between Carthage and Utica
Correus, general of the Bellov[)a]ci, with six thousand foot, and a
thousand horse, lies in ambush for the Roman foragers, and attacks the
Roman cavalry with a small party, but is routed and killed, G. viii. 19
Cors[)i]ca, a considerable island in the Mediterranean Sea, near
Sardinia, which still retains its name
Cosanum, a city of Calabria, in Italy, _Cassano_
Cotta, L. Aurunculeius, dissents from Sabinus in relation to the advice
given them by Ambiorix, G. v. 28; his behaviour when attacked by the
Gauls, 33; is slain, with the great part of his men, after a brave
resistance, 37
Cotuatus and Conetodunus massacre all the Roman merchants at Genabum, G.
vii. 3
Cotus, a division on his account among the Aeduans, G. vii. 32; obliged
to desist from his pretensions to the supreme magistracy, 33
Crassus, P., his expedition into Aquitaine, G. iii. 20; reduces the
Sotiates, 22; and other states, obliging them to give hostages, 27
Crast[)i]nus, his character, and courage at the battle of Pharsalia, C.
iii. 91; where he is killed, 99
Cr[)e]m[=o]na, an ancient city of Gallia Cisalpina, which retains its
name to this day, and is the metropolis of the _Cremonese_, in Italy
Crete, one of the noblest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, now called
_Candia_
Critognatus, his extraordinary speech and proposal to the garrison of
Alesia, G. vii. 77
Curio obliges Cato to abandon the defence of Cicily, C. i. 30; sails for
Africa, and successfully attacks Varus, ii. 25; his speech to revive the
courage of his men, 32; defeats Varus, 34; giving too easy credit to a
piece of false intelligence, is cut off with his whole army, 42
Curiosol[=i]tae, a people of Gaul, inhabiting _Cornoualle,_ in Bretagne
Cycl[)a]des, islands in the Aegean Sea, _L'Isole dell' Archipelago_
Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, between Syria and Cilicia,
_Cipro_
Cyr[=e]ne, an ancient and once a fine city of Africa, situate over
against Matapan, the most southern cape of Morea, _Cairoan_
Cyz[=i]cus, Atraki, formerly one of the largest cities of Asia Minor, in
an island of the same name, in the Black Sea
Dacia, an ancient country of Scythia, beyo
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