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"De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries

Julius Caesar

border-men. Germans, G. i. 51 Marruc[=i]ni, an ancient people of Italy, inhabiting the country now called _Abruzzo_, C. i. 23; ii. 34 Mars, G. vi. 17 Marsi, an ancient people of Italy inhabiting the country now called _Ducato de Marsi_, C. ii. 27 Massilia, _Marseilles_, a large and flourishing city of Provence, in France, on the Mediterranean, said to be very ancient, and, according to some, built by the Phoenicians, but as Justin will have it, by the Phocaeans, in the time of Tarquinius, king of Rome Massilienses, the inhabitants of Marseilles, C. i. 34-36 Matisco, an ancient city of Gaul, _Mascon_, G. vii. 90 Matr[)o]na, a river in Gaul, the _Marne_, G. i. 1 Mauritania, _Barbary_, an extensive region of Africa, divided into M. Caesariensis, Tingitana, and Sitofensis Mediomatr[=i]ces, a people of Lorrain, on the Moselle, about the city of _Mentz_, G. iv. 10 Mediterranean Sea, the first discovered sea in the world, still very famous, and much frequented, which breaks in from the Atlantic Ocean, between Spain and Africa, by the straits of Gibraltar, or Hercules' Pillar, the _ne plus ultra_ of the ancients Meldae, according to some the people of _Meaux_; but more probably corrupted from _Belgae_ Melodunum, an ancient city of Gaul, upon the Seine, above Paris, _Melun_, G. vii. 58, 60 Menapii, an ancient people of Gallia Belgica, who inhabited on both sides of the Rhine. Some take them for the inhabitants of _Cleves_, and others of _Antwerp, Ghent_, etc., G. ii. 4; iii. 9 Menedemus, C. iii. 34 Mercurius, G. v. 17 Mes[)o]p[)o]t[=a]mia, a large country in the middle of Asia, between the Tigris and the Euphrates, _Diarbeck_ Mess[=a]na, an ancient and celebrated city of Sicily, still known by the name of _Messina_, C. iii. 101 M[)e]taurus, a river of Umbria, now called _Metoro_, in the duchy of Urbino Metios[=e]dum, an ancient city of Gaul, on the Seine, below Paris, _Corbeil_, G. vii. 61 Metr[)o]p[)o]lis, a city of Thessaly, between Pharsalus and Gomphi, C. iii. 11 Milo, C. iii. 21 Minerva, G. vi. 12 Minutius Rufus, C. iii. 7 Mitylene, a city of Lesbos, _Metelin_ Moesia, a country of Europe, and a province of the ancient Illyricum, bordering on Pannonia, divided into the Upper, containing _Bosnia_ and _Servia_, and the Lower, called _Bulgaria_ Mona, in Caesar, the Isle of _Man_; in Ptolemy, _Anglesey_, G. v. 13 Mor[)i]ni, an ancient people of the Low Countries, who probably inhabited on the present coast of _Bologne_, on the confines of _Picardy_ and _Artois_, because Caesar observes that from their country was the nearest passage to Britain, G. ii. 4 Moritasgus, G. v. 54 Mosa, the _Maess_, or _Meuse_, a large river of Gallia Belgica, which falls into the German Ocean below the Briel, G. iv. 10 Mosella, the _Moselle_, a river which, running through Lorrain, passes by Triers and falls unto the Rhine at Coblentz, famous for the vines growing in the neighbourhood of it Mysia, a country of Asia Minor, not far from the Hellespont, divided Into Major and Minor Nabathaei, an ancient people of Arabia, uncertain Nann[=e]tes, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the country about _Nantes_, G. iii. 9 Nantu[=a]tes, an ancient people of the north part of Savoy, whose country is now called _Le Chablais_, G. iii. 1 Narbo, _Narbonne_, an ancient Roman city in Languedoc, in France, said to be built a hundred and thirty-eight years before the birth of Christ, G. iii. 20 Narisci, the ancient people of the country now called _Nortgow_, in Germany, the capital of which is the famous city of Nuremburg Nasua, the brother of Cimberius, and commander of the hundred cantons of the Suevi, who encamped on the banks of the Rhine with the intention of crossing that river, G. i. 37 Naupactus, an ancient and considerable city of Aetolia, now called _Lepanto_, C. iii. 35 Nem[=e]tes, a people of ancient Germany, about the city of Spire, on the Rhine, G. i. 51 Nemetocenna, a town of Belgium, not known for certain; according to some, _Arras_, G. viii, 47 Neocaesarea, the capital of Ponts, on the river Licus, now called _Tocat_ Nervii, an ancient people of _Gallia Belgica_, thought to have dwelt in the now diocese of _Cambray_. They attacked Caesar on his march, and fought until they were almost annihilated, G. ii. 17 Nessus, or Nestus, a river is Thrace, _Nesto_ Nicaea, a city of Bithynia, now called _Isnick_, famous for the first general council, anno 324, against Arianism Nit[=o]br[)i]ges, an ancient people of Gaul, whose territory lay on either side of the Garonne, and corresponded to the modern Agennois, in the department of Lot-et-Garonne. Their capital was Agrimum, now _Agen_, G. vii. 7, 31, 46, 75 Noreia, a city on the borders of Illyricum, in the province of Styria, near the modern village of Newmarket, about nine German miles from Aquileia, G. i. 5 N[=o]r[)i]cae Alpes, that part of the Alps which were in, or bordering upon, Noricum N[=o]r[)i]cum, anciently a large country, and now comprehending a great part of _Austria, Styria, Carinthia_, part of _Tyrol, Bavaria_, etc., and divided into Noricum Mediterraneum and Ripense. It was first conquered by the Romans under Tiberius, in the reign of Augustus, and was celebrated for its mineral treasures, especially iron N[)o]v[)i][)o]d[=u]num Belgarum, an ancient city of Belgic Gaul, now called _Noyon_ N[)o]v[)i][)o]d[=u]num Bitur[)i]gum, _Neuvy_, or _Neufvy_, G. vii. 12 N[)o]v[)i][)o]d[=u]num Aeduorum, _Nevers_, G. vii. 55 N[)o]v[)i][)o]d[=u]num Suessionum, _Soissons, al. Noyon_, G. ii. 12 N[)o]v[)i]om[=a]gum, _Spire_, an ancient city of Germany, in the now upper circle of the Rhine, and on that river Numantia, a celebrated city of ancient Spain, famous for a gallant resistance against the Romans, in a siege of fourteen years; _Almasan_ Numeius, G. i. 7 Num[)i]dae, the inhabitants of, G. ii. 7 Numid[)i]a, an ancient and celebrated kingdom of Africa, bordering on Mauritania; _Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli_, etc. N[=y]mphaeum, a promontory of Illyricum, exposed to the south wind, and distant about three miles from Lissus, _Alessio_, C. iii. 26 Oc[)e]lum, a town situated among the Cottian Alps, Usseau in Piedmont, G. i. 10 Octavius, C. iii. 9 Octod[=u]rus, a town belonging to the Veragrians, among the Pennine Alps, now _Martigny_ in the Valois, G. iii. 1 Octog[=e]sa, a city of Hispania Tarraconensis, _Mequinenza_, C. i. 61 Ollovico, G. vii. 31 Orch[)o]m[)e]nus, a town in Boeotia, _Orcomeno_, C. iii. 5 5 Orcynia, the name given by Greek writers to the Hercynian forest Orget[=o]rix, G. i. 2, 3 Or[)i]cum, a town in Epirus, _Orco, or Orcha_, C. iii. 11, 12 Osc[=e]nses, the people of Osca, a town in Hispania Tarraconensis, now _Huescar_, C. i. 60 Os[=i]sm[)i]i, an ancient people of Gaul, one of the Gentes Armoricae. Their country occupied part of Neodron Brittany; capital Vorganium, afterwards Osismii, and now _Korbez_. In this territory also stood Brivatas Portus, now _Brest_, G. i. 34 Otacilii, C. iii. 28 Padua, the _Po_, the largest river in Italy, which rises in Piedmont, and dividing Lombardy into two parts, falls into the Adriatic Sea, by many mouths; south of Venice Paem[=a]ni, an ancient people of Gallia Belgica; according to some, those of _Luxemburg_; according to others, the people of _Pemont_, near the Black Forest, in part of the modern _Lugen_, G. ii. 4 P[)a]laeste, a town in Epirus, near Oricurn Pann[=o]n[)i]a, a very large country in the ancient division of Europe, divided into the Upper and Lower, and comprehended betwixt Illyricum, the Danube, and the mountains Cethi P[)a]ris[)i]i, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the country now called the _Isle of France_. Their capital was Lutetia, afterwards Parisii, now _Paris_, G. vi. 3 P[=a]rth[)i]a, a country in Asia, lying between Media, Caramania, and the Hyreanian Sea Parthians at war with Rome, C. iii. 31 P[=a]rth[=i]ni, a people of Macedonia; their chief city taken by storm, C. iii. 41 P[=e]l[=i]gni, a people of Italy in Abruzzo, C. i. 15 P[)e]l[)o]ponn[=e]sus, the _Morea_, a famous, large, and fruitful peninsula of Greece, now belonging to the Venetians P[=e]l[=u]s[)i]um, an ancient and celebrated city of Egypt, _Belbais_; Pompey goes to it, C. iii. 103; taken by Mithridates P[=e]rg[)a]mus, an ancient and famous city of Mysia, _Pergamo_ Per[)i]nthus, a city of Thrace, about a day's journey west of Constantinople, now in a decaying condition, and called _Heraclea_ P[=e]rs[)i]a, one of the largest, most ancient and celebrated kingdoms of Asia P[=e]tra, an ancient city of Macedonia, uncertain Petreius, one of Pompey's lieutenants, C. i. 38 P[=e]tr[)o]g[)o]r[)i]i, a country in Gaul, east of the mouth of the Garumna; their chief city was Vesuna, afterwards Petrocorii, now _Perigueux_, the capital of Perigord Pe[=u]c[=i]ni, the inhabitants of the islands of Peuce, in one of the mouths of the Danube Ph[=a]rs[=a]l[)i]a, a part of Thessaly, famous for the battle between Caesar and Pompey, which decided the fate of the Roman commonwealth Pharus, an isle facing the port of Alexandria in ancient Egypt; _Farion_ Phasis, a large river in Colchis, now called _Fasso_, which flows into the Euxine Sea Ph[)i]lippi, a city of Macedonia, on the confines of Thrace, _Filippo_ Ph[)i]l[=i]pp[)o]p[)o]lis, a city of Thrace, near the river Hebrus, _Filippopoli_ Phr[)y]g[)i]a, two countries in Asia Minor, one called Major, the other Minor P[=i]c[=e]num, an ancient district of Italy, lying eastward of Umbria; _the March of Ancona_; according to others, _Piscara_ P[=i]cti, _Picts_, an ancient barbarous northern people, who by inter-marriages became, in course of time, one nation with the Scots; but are originally supposed to have come out of Denmark or Scythia, to the Isles of Orkney, and from thence into Scotland P[=i]ct[)o]nes, an ancient people of Gaul, along the southern bank of the Liger, or Loire. Their capital was Limonum, afterwards Pictones, now _Paitross_, in the department _de la Vienne_, G. iii. 11 Pir[=u]stae, an ancient people of Dalmatia, Illyricum, on the confines of Pannonia. They are the same as the Pyraci of Pliny (H. N. iii. 22), G. v. i P[)i]saurum, a city of Umbria in Italy, _Pisaro_ Piso, an Aquitanian, slain, G. iv. 12 Placentia, an ancient city of Gallia Cisalpina, near the Po, now the metropolis of the duchy of _Piacenza_, which name it also bears Pleum[)o]si, an ancient people of Gallia Belgica, subject to the Nervians, and inhabiting near _Tournay_ Pompey, at first friendly to Caesar, G. vi. 1; subsequently estranged, G. viii. 53; could not bear an equal his authority, power, and influence, C. i. 61; sends ambassadors to Caesar, C. i. 8, 10; always received great respect from Caesar, C. i. 8; Caesar desires to bring him to an engagement, C. iii. 66; his unfortunate flight, C. iii. 15, 94, 102; his death, C. iii. 6, 7. Pomponius, C. iii. 101 Pontus Eux[=i]nus, the _Euxine,_ or _Black Sea_, from the Aegean along the Hellespont, to the Maeotic Lake, between Europe and Asia Posth[)u]m[)i][=a]na Castra, an ancient town in Hispania Baetica, now called _Castro el Rio_ Pothinus, king Ptolemy's tutor, C. iii. 108; his death, C. iii. 112 Praeciani, an ancient people of Gaul, _Precius_; they surrendered to the Romans, G. iii. 27 Provincia Rom[=a]na, or Romanorum, one of the southern provinces of France, the first the Romans conquered and brought into the form of a province, whence it obtained its name; which it still in some degree retains, being called at this day _Provence_. It extended from the Pyrenees to the Alps, along the coast. _Provence_ is only part of the