Part 14 (1/2)

ANTONA, now the _Avon_. See Camden.

AORSI, a people inhabiting near the Palus Maeotis; now the eastern part of Tartary, between the _Neiper_ and the _Don_.

APAMEA, a city of Phrygia, near the banks of the Maeander; 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 Petraea_, _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 a.s.syria, 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.

ARDEN, _Arduenna_, in Tacitus; the forest of Arden.

ARENAc.u.m, an ancient town in the island of Batavia; now _Arnheim_, in Guelderland.

ARICIA, a town of Latium in Italy, at the foot of Mons Alba.n.u.s, about a hundred and sixty stadia from Rome. The grove, called _Aricinum Nemus_, was in the vicinity.

ARII, a people of Asia.

ARIMINUM, a town of Umbria, at the mouth of the river Ariminus, on the gulf of Venice.

ARMENIA, a kingdom of Asia, having Albania and Iberia to the north, and Mount Taurus and Mesopotamia to the south: divided into the GREATER, which extends astward to the Caspian Sea; and the LESSER, to the west of the GREATER, and separated from it by the Euphrates; now called _Turcomania_.

ARNUS, a river of Tuscany, which visits Florence in its course, and falls into the sea near Pisa.

ARSANIAS, a river of the GREATER ARMENIA, running between Tigranocerta and Artaxata, and falling into the Euphrates.

ARTAXATA, the capital of Armenia, situate on the river Araxes.

ARVERNI, a people of Ancient Gaul, inhabiting near the Loire; their chief city _Arvernum_ now _Clermont_, the capital of _Auvergne_.