The first (now called
_Lebeda_)
was in the
territory of Tripoli; the second, a town on the Mediterranean, not far
from Carthage.
territory of Tripoli; the second, a town on the Mediterranean, not far
from Carthage.
Tacitus
ITURÆA, a _Transjordan_ district of Palestine, now _Bacar_.
J.
JAPHA, a strong place, both by nature and art, in the Lower Galilee,
not far from _Jotapata_; now _Saphet_.
JAZYGES, a people of Sarmatia Europæa, situate on this side of the
Palus Mæotis, near the territory of Maroboduus, the German king.
JUGANTES, said by Camden to be the same as the _Brigantes_, but
Brotier thinks it probable that they were a distinct, people.
L.
LACUS LEMANUS, now the _Lake of Geneva_.
LANGOBARDI, a people of Germany, between the _Elbe_ and the _Oder_, in
part of what is now called _Brandenburg_.
LANUVIUM, a town of Latium, about sixteen miles from Rome; now _Civita
Lavinia_.
LAODICEA, a town of Phrygia, called, to distinguish it from other
cities of the same name, _Laodicea ad Lycum_. Spon, in his account of
his travels, says it is rased to the ground, except four theatres
built, with marble, finely polished, and in as good condition as if
they were modern structures; now called _Ladik_.
LAODICEA AD MARE, a considerable town on the coast of Syria, well
built, with a commodious harbour.
LATIUM, the country of the Latini, so called from king Latinus;
contained at first within narrow bounds, but greatly enlarged under
the Alban kings and the Roman consuls, by the accession of the Æqui,
Volsci, Hernici, &c.
LECHÆUM, the west port of Corinth, which the people used for their
Italian trade, as they did _Cenchræ_ for their eastern or Asiatic.
LEPTIS, there were in Africa two ancient cities of the name, _Leptis
magna_, and _Leptis parva_.
The first (now called _Lebeda_) was in the
territory of Tripoli; the second, a town on the Mediterranean, not far
from Carthage.
LESBOS, an island in the Egean Sea, near the coast of Asia; the
birth-place of Sappho: now called _Metelin_.
LEUCI, a people of Gallia Belgica, to the north of the Lingones,
between the Moselle and the Meuse.
LIBYA, the name given by the Greeks to all Africa; but, properly
speaking, it was an interior part of Africa.
LIGERIS; now the _Loire_.
LIGURIA, a country of Italy, divided into the maritime, _Ligus Ora_;
and the inland _Liguria_; both between the Apennine to the south, the
Maritime Alps to the west, and the Po to the north. It contained what
is now called _Ferrara_, and the _territories of Genoa_.
LINGONES, a people of Gallia Belgica, inhabiting the country about
_Langres_ and _Dijon_.
LONGOBARDI, or LANGOBORDI, a people of Germany, between the Elbe and
the Oder. See Manners of the Germans, s. 40 note a.
LUCANIA, a country of ancient Italy; now called the _Basilicate_.
LUGDUNUM, a city of ancient Gaul; now _Lyons_.
LUGDUNUM BATAVORUM, a town of the Batavi, now _Leyden_ in Holland.
There was another town of the name in Gallia Celtica, at the
confluence of the Arar (the _Saone_) and the Rhodanus (the _Rhone_).
The place is now called Lyons.
