FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   375   376   377   378   379   380   381   382   383   384   385   386   387   >>  
nt people of Gaul, uncertain; according to some, _le Teursan_; they surrender to the Romans, G. iii. 13, 23, 27 Tasg[=e]t[)i]us, chief of the Carnutes, slain by his countrymen, G. v. 25 Taur[=o]is, a fortress of the inhabitants of Massilia Taurus, an island in the Adriatic Sea, unknown Taurus Mons, the largest mountain in all Asia, extending from the Indian to the Aegean Seas, called by different names in different countries, viz., Imaus, Caucasus, Caspius, Cerausius, and in Scripture, Ar[)a]rat. Herbert says it is fifty English miles over, and 1500 long Taximagulus, one of the four kings or princes that reigned over Kent, G. v. 22 Tect[)o]s[)a]ges, a branch of the Volcae, G. vi. 24 Tegea, a city of Africa, unknown Tenchth[)e]ri, a people of ancient Germany, bordering on the Rhine, near _Overyssel_; they and the Usip[)e]tes arrive at the banks of the Rhine, iv. 4; cross that river by a stratagem, _ibid_.; are defeated with great slaughter, _ibid_. 15 Tergeste, a Roman colony, its inhabitants in the north of Italy cut off by an incursion, G. viii. 24 Terni, an ancient Roman colony, on the river Nare, twelve miles from Spol[=e]tum Teutomatus, king of the Nitobriges, G. vii. 31 Teut[)o]nes, or Teutoni, an ancient people bordering on the Cimbri, the common ancient name for all the Germans, whence they yet call themselves _Teutsche_, and their country _Teutschland_; they are repelled from the territories of the Belgae, G. ii. 4 Thebae, Thebes, a city of Boeotia, in Greece, said to have been built by Cadmus, destroyed by Alexander the Great, but rebuilt, and now known by the name of _Stives_; occupied by Kalenus, C. iii. 55 Therm[)o]pylae, a famous pass on the great mountain Oeta, leading into Phocis, in Achaia, now called _Bocca di Lupa_ Thessaly, a country of Greece, formerly a great part of Macedonia, now called _Janna_; in conjunction with Aetolia, sends ambassadors to Caesar, C. iii. 34; reduced by Caesar, _ibid_. 81 Thessalon[=i]ca, a chief city of Macedonia, now called _Salonichi_ Thracia, a large country of Europe, eastward from Macedonia, commonly called _Romania_, bounded by the Euxine and Aegean Seas Th[=u]r[=i]i, or T[=u]r[=i]i, an ancient people of Italy, _Torre Brodogneto_ Tigur[=i]nus Pagus, one of the four districts into which the Helvetii were divided according to Caesar, the ancient inhabitants of the canton of _Zurich_ in Switzerland, cut to pieces by Caesar, G. i.
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   375   376   377   378   379   380   381   382   383   384   385   386   387   >>  



Top keywords:
ancient
 

called

 

people

 

Caesar

 

country

 

Macedonia

 
inhabitants
 
Aegean
 

Greece

 
colony

bordering

 

unknown

 
Taurus
 

mountain

 

Stives

 

occupied

 

Teursan

 

rebuilt

 
Kalenus
 
leading

Phocis

 

famous

 
Alexander
 
Teutsche
 

Romans

 

Teutschland

 

repelled

 
Germans
 

territories

 

Belgae


Achaia

 

Cadmus

 

surrender

 

Thebae

 
Thebes
 

Boeotia

 
destroyed
 

Brodogneto

 
Romania
 

bounded


Euxine

 

canton

 

Zurich

 
Switzerland
 

pieces

 

divided

 

districts

 

Helvetii

 

commonly

 
eastward