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CATES, probably the diocese of _Mayence_. CAESAREA, a maritime town in Palestine; now _Kaisarie_. CAESIAN FOREST, now the Forest of _Heserwaldt_, in the duchy of Cleves. It is supposed to be a part of the Hercynian Forest. CALABRIA, a peninsula of Italy, between Tarentum and Brundusium; now the territory of Otranto, in the kingdom of Naples. CAMELODUNUM, said by some to be _Malden_ in Essex, but by Camden, and others, _Colchester_. It was made a Roman colony under the emperor Claudius; a place of pleasure rather than of strength, adorned with splendid works, a theatre, and a temple of Claudius. CAMERIUM, a city in the territory of the Sabines; now destroyed. CAMPANIA, a territory of Italy, bounded on the west by the Tuscan sea. The most fertile and delightful part of Italy; now called _Terra di Lavoro_. CANGI, the inhabitants of Cheshire, and part of Lancashire. CANINEFATES, a people of the Lower Germany, from the same origin as the Batavians, and inhabitants of the west part of the isle of Batavia. CANOPUS, a city of the Lower Egypt, situate on a branch of the Nile called by the same name. CAPPADOCIA, a large country in Asia Minor, between Cilicia the Euxine sea. Being made a Roman province, the inhabitants had an offer made them of a free and independent government; but their answer was, Liberty might suit the Romans, but the Cappadocians would neither receive liberty, nor endure it. CAPREA, an island on the coast of Campania, about four miles in length from east to west, and about one in breadth. It stands opposite to the promontory of _Surrentum_, and has the bay of Naples in view. It was the residence of Tiberius for several years. CAPUA, now _Capoa_, a city in the kingdom of Naples; the seat of pleasure, and the ruin of Hannibal. CARMEL, a mountain in Galilee, on the Mediterranean. CARSULAE, a town of Umbria, about twenty miles from Mevania; now in ruins. CARTHAGO, once the most famous city of Africa, and the rival of Rome; supposed by some to have been built by queen Dido, seventy years after the foundation of Rome; but Justin will have it before Rome. It was the capital of what is now the kingdom of _Tunis_. CARTHAGO NOVA, a town of _Hispania Tarraconensis_, or the Hither Spain; now _Carthagena_. CASPIAN SEA, a vast lake between Persia, Great Tartary, Muscovy and Georgia, said to be six hundred miles long, and near as broad. CASSIOPE, a town in the island of Corcyra (now
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