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ii, the inhabitants about _Louvaine,_ or, according to some, about _Bruges;_ they join with Ambiorix in his attack of Cicero's camp, G. v. 39 Gugerni, a people of ancient Germany, who dwelt on the right banks of the Rhine, between the Ubii and the Batavi Gutt[=o]nes, or Gyth[=o]nes, an ancient people of Germany, inhabiting about the Vistula Haemus, a mountain dividing Moesia and Thrace, _Argentaro_ Haliacmon, a river of Macedonia, uncertain; Scipio leaves Favonius with orders to build a fort on that river, C. iii. 36 Har[=u]des, or Har[=u]di, a people of Gallia Celtica, supposed to have been originally Germans: and by some to have inhabited the country about _Constance_ Helv[=e]tia, _Switzerland,_ now divided into thirteen cantons Helv[=e]tii, _the Helvetians, or Switzers,_ ancient inhabitants of the country of _Switzerland;_ the most warlike people of Gaul, G. i. 1; their design of abandoning their own country, 2; attacked with considerable loss near the river Sa[^o]ne, 12; vanquished and obliged to return home by Caesar, 26 Helvii, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the country now possessed by the _Vivarois;_ Caesar marches into their territories, G. vii. 7 Heracl[=e]a, a city of Thrace, on the Euxine Sea, _Pantiro_ Heracl[=e]a Sent[)i]ca, a town in Macedonia, _Chesia_ Hercynia Silva, _the Hercinian Forest,_ the largest forest of ancient Germany, being reckoned by Caesar to have been sixty days' journey in length, and nine in breadth. Many parts of it have been since cut down, and many are yet remaining; of which, among others, is that called the _Black Forest;_ its prodigious extent, G. vi. 4 Hermand[=u]ri, an ancient people of Germany, particularly in the country now called _Misnia,_ in Upper Saxony; though they possessed a much larger tract of land, according to some, all _Bohemia_ Hermin[)i]us Mons, a mountain of _Lusitania, Monte Arm[)i]no;_ according to others, _Monte della Strella_ Her[)u]li, an ancient northern people, who came first out of Scandavia, but afterwards inhabited the country now called _Mecklenburg_ in Lower Saxony, towards the Baltic Hibernia, _Ireland,_ a considerable island to the west of Great Britain, G. v. 13 Hisp[=a]n[)i]a, Spain, one of the most considerable kingdoms of Europe, divided by the ancients into Tarraconensis, Baetica, and Lusitania. This name appears to be derived from the Phoenician _Saphan,_ a rabbit, vast numbers of these animals being f
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