, by
many mouths; south of Venice
Paem[=a]ni, 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
P[)a]laeste, a town in Epirus, near Oricurn
Pann[=o]n[)i]a, 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
P[)a]ris[)i]i, 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
P[=a]rth[)i]a, a country in Asia, lying between Media, Caramania, and
the Hyreanian Sea
Parthians at war with Rome, C. iii. 31
P[=a]rth[=i]ni, a people of Macedonia; their chief city taken by storm,
C. iii. 41
P[=e]l[=i]gni, a people of Italy in Abruzzo, C. i. 15
P[)e]l[)o]ponn[=e]sus, the _Morea_, a famous, large, and fruitful
peninsula of Greece, now belonging to the Venetians
P[=e]l[=u]s[)i]um, an ancient and celebrated city of Egypt, _Belbais_;
Pompey goes to it, C. iii. 103; taken by Mithridates
P[=e]rg[)a]mus, an ancient and famous city of Mysia, _Pergamo_
Per[)i]nthus, a city of Thrace, about a day's journey west of
Constantinople, now in a decaying condition, and called _Heraclea_
P[=e]rs[)i]a, one of the largest, most ancient and celebrated kingdoms
of Asia
P[=e]tra, an ancient city of Macedonia, uncertain
Petreius, one of Pompey's lieutenants, C. i. 38
P[=e]tr[)o]g[)o]r[)i]i, a country in Gaul, east of the mouth of the
Garumna; their chief city was Vesuna, afterwards Petrocorii, now
_Perigueux_, the capital of Perigord
Pe[=u]c[=i]ni, the inhabitants of the islands of Peuce, in one of the
mouths of the Danube
Ph[=a]rs[=a]l[)i]a, 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
Ph[)i]lippi, a city of Macedonia, on the confines of Thrace, _Filippo_
Ph[)i]l[=i]pp[)o]p[)o]lis, a city of Thrace, near the river Hebrus,
_Filippopoli_
Phr[)y]g[)i]a, two countries in Asia Minor, one called Major, the other
Minor
P[=i]c[=e]num, an ancient district of Italy, lying eastward of Umbria;
_the March of Ancona_; according to others, _Piscar
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