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, 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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