MÆSIA, a district of the ancient Illyricum,
bordering
on Pannonia,
containing what is now called _Bulgaria_, and part of _Servia_.
containing what is now called _Bulgaria_, and part of _Servia_.
Tacitus
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.
LUPPIA, a river of Westphalia; now the _Lippe_.
LUSITANIA, now the kingdom of _Portugal_, on the west of Spain,
formerly a part of it.
LYCIA, a country in Asia Minor, bounded by Pamphylia, Phrygia, and the
Mediterranean.
LYDIA, an inland country of Asia Minor, formerly governed by Crœsus;
now _Carasia_.
LYGII, an ancient people of Germany, who inhabited the country now
called _Silesia_, and also part of _Poland_.
M.
MACEDONIA, a large country, rendered famous by Philip of Macedon and
his son Alexander; now a province of the Turkish empire, bounded by
Servia and Bulgaria to the north, by Greece to the south, by Thrace
and the Archipelago to the east, and by Epirus to the west.
MÆOTIS PALUS, a lake of Sarmatia Europæa, still known by the same
name, and reaching from Crim Tartary to the mouth of the _Tanais_ (the
_Don_).
MÆSIA, a district of the ancient Illyricum, bordering on Pannonia,
containing what is now called _Bulgaria_, and part of _Servia_.
MAGNESIA: there were anciently three cities of the name; one in Ionia,
on the Mæander, which, it is said, was given to Themistocles by
Artaxerxes, with these words, _to furnish his table with bread_; it is
now called _Guzel-Hissard_, in Asiatic Turkey: the second was at the
foot of Mount Sipylus, in Lydia; but has been destroyed by
earthquakes: the third Magnesia was a maritime town of Thessaly, on
the Egean Sea.
MAGONTIACUM, a town of Gallia Belgica; now _Mentz_, situate at the
confluence of the Rhine and the Maine.
MARCODURUM, a village of Gallia Belgica; now _Duren_ on the _Roer_.
MARCOMANIANS, a people of Germany, between the Rhine, the Danube, and
the Neckar. They removed to the country of the Boii, and having
expelled the inhabitants, occupied the country now called _Bohemia_.
See Manners of the Germans, s. 42.
MARDI, a people of the Farther Asia, near the Caspian Sea.
MARITIME ALPS. See ALPS.
MARSACI, a people in the north of Batavia, inhabiting the sea-coast.
MARSI, a people of Italy, who dwelt round the Lacus Fucinus. Another
people called Marsi, in Germany, to the south of the Frisii, in the
country now called _Paderborne_ and _Munster_.
MASSILLIA, a town of Gallia Narbonensis, formerly celebrated for
polished manners and learning; now _Marseilles_, a port town of
Provence.
MATTIACI, a branch of the Catti in Germany.
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.
LUPPIA, a river of Westphalia; now the _Lippe_.
LUSITANIA, now the kingdom of _Portugal_, on the west of Spain,
formerly a part of it.
LYCIA, a country in Asia Minor, bounded by Pamphylia, Phrygia, and the
Mediterranean.
LYDIA, an inland country of Asia Minor, formerly governed by Crœsus;
now _Carasia_.
LYGII, an ancient people of Germany, who inhabited the country now
called _Silesia_, and also part of _Poland_.
M.
MACEDONIA, a large country, rendered famous by Philip of Macedon and
his son Alexander; now a province of the Turkish empire, bounded by
Servia and Bulgaria to the north, by Greece to the south, by Thrace
and the Archipelago to the east, and by Epirus to the west.
MÆOTIS PALUS, a lake of Sarmatia Europæa, still known by the same
name, and reaching from Crim Tartary to the mouth of the _Tanais_ (the
_Don_).
MÆSIA, a district of the ancient Illyricum, bordering on Pannonia,
containing what is now called _Bulgaria_, and part of _Servia_.
MAGNESIA: there were anciently three cities of the name; one in Ionia,
on the Mæander, which, it is said, was given to Themistocles by
Artaxerxes, with these words, _to furnish his table with bread_; it is
now called _Guzel-Hissard_, in Asiatic Turkey: the second was at the
foot of Mount Sipylus, in Lydia; but has been destroyed by
earthquakes: the third Magnesia was a maritime town of Thessaly, on
the Egean Sea.
MAGONTIACUM, a town of Gallia Belgica; now _Mentz_, situate at the
confluence of the Rhine and the Maine.
MARCODURUM, a village of Gallia Belgica; now _Duren_ on the _Roer_.
MARCOMANIANS, a people of Germany, between the Rhine, the Danube, and
the Neckar. They removed to the country of the Boii, and having
expelled the inhabitants, occupied the country now called _Bohemia_.
See Manners of the Germans, s. 42.
MARDI, a people of the Farther Asia, near the Caspian Sea.
MARITIME ALPS. See ALPS.
MARSACI, a people in the north of Batavia, inhabiting the sea-coast.
MARSI, a people of Italy, who dwelt round the Lacus Fucinus. Another
people called Marsi, in Germany, to the south of the Frisii, in the
country now called _Paderborne_ and _Munster_.
MASSILLIA, a town of Gallia Narbonensis, formerly celebrated for
polished manners and learning; now _Marseilles_, a port town of
Provence.
MATTIACI, a branch of the Catti in Germany.
