AORSI, a people
inhabiting
near the Palus Mæotis; now the eastern part
of Tartary, between the _Neiper_ and the _Don_.
of Tartary, between the _Neiper_ and the _Don_.
Tacitus
ANCONA, a port town in Italy, situate on the gulf of Venice.
ANDECAVI, now _Anjou_.
ANEMURIUM, a promontory of Cilicia, with a maritime town of the same
name near it. See Pomponius Mela.
ANGRIVARIANS, a German people, situate on the west side of the Weser,
near _Osnaburg_ and _Minden_.
ANSIBARII, a people of Germany.
ANTIOCH, or ANTIOCHIA, the capital of Syria, called _Epidaphne_, to
distinguish it from other cities of the name of Antioch. It is now
called _Antakia_.
ANTIPOLIS, now _Antibes_, on the coast of Provence, about three
leagues to the west of _Nice_.
ANTIUM, a city of the ancient Volsci, situate on the Tuscan Sea; the
birth-place of Nero. Two Fortunes were worshipped there, which
Suetonius calls _Fortunæ Antiates_, and Martial, _Sorores Antii_.
Horace's Ode to Fortune is well known--
_O Diva gratum quæ regis Antium. _
The place is now called _Capo d'Anzo_.
ANTONA, now the _Avon_. See Camden.
AORSI, a people inhabiting near the Palus Mæotis; now the eastern part
of Tartary, between the _Neiper_ and the _Don_.
APAMEA, a city of Phrygia, near the banks of the Mæander; now
_Aphiom-Kara-Hisar_.
APENNINUS, now the _Apennine_, a ridge of mountains running through
the middle of Italy, extremely high, yet short of the _Alps_. Its name
is Celtic, signifying a high mountain.
APHRODISIUM, a town of _Caria_ in Thrace, on the Euxine.
APOLLONIDIA, a city of Lydia.
APULIA, a territory of Italy, along the gulf of Venice; now
_Capitanate, Otranto_, &c.
AQUILEIA, a large city of the Veneti, and formerly a Roman colony,
near the river _Natiso_, which runs into the gulf of Venice.
AQUINUM, a town of the Ancient Latins; now _Aquino_, but almost in
ruins.
AQUITANIA, a division of Ancient Gaul, bounded by the _Garumna_ (now
_Garonne_), by the Pyrenees, and the ocean.
ARABIA, an extensive country of Asia, reaching from Egypt to Chaldea.
It is divided into three parts, _Arabia Petræa_, _Deserta_, and
_Felix_.
ARAR, or ARARIS, a river of Gaul; now the _Saone_.
ARAXES, a river of Mesopotamia, which runs from north to south, and
falls into the Euphrates.
ARBELA, a city of Assyria, famous for the battle between Alexander and
Darius.
ARCADIA, an inland district in the heart of Peloponnesus; mountainous,
and only fit for pasture; therefore celebrated by bucolic or pastoral
poets.
