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with whicli Vic was executed. — /Ifdruhal Barta was the fon 

 of Hamilcar and brother of Hannibal. He commanded in 

 iSpain, while his brother was in Italy. After extinguilh- 

 ing a rebellion of the natives, he was fumm.oncd to the aflift- 

 ance of his brother, but in his progrefs was completely 

 defeated by the Romans. Afdnibal and the other Cartha- 

 ginian generals maintained thcmfclves with difficulty in 

 Spain, and were frequently defeated by the two Scipios ; 

 but at length thefe two leaders were overpowered by the 

 Carthaginians, and killed. Whilll he was advancing along 

 the cqail of the Adriatic to join his brother, and the exiii- 

 ence of the Roman Itate was threatened by his n\imerous 

 army, he was met at the river Wetaunis, now Metaro, by tlie 

 two confuls Livius and Claudius Nero with their united 

 forces ; and a bloody engagement cnfued, which proved 

 decifive, for Afdnibal was llain, and almoft the wliulc of his 

 army delboyed. Claudius Nero carried the head of Aldru- 

 bal to his ftation before Hannibal ; and when it was thrown 

 into the Carthaginian trendies, it was prefented to Hanni- 

 bal, who recognizing his brother's features, exclaimed " I 

 perceive the fortune of Carthage," and then retired, in the 

 j-ear before Chrill 203, into the extremity of Italy. — Af- 

 drulal, the fon of G'lJ'co, ferved in Spain with the former 

 Afdrubal, and afterwards in Africa, againll Scipio. He 

 ■was father of the celebrated Sophonifba. — A.no\\\er jlfJiiibal 

 defended Carthage in its lad fiege by Scipio, and forefeeing 

 its fate, furrcndered himfelf to the Romans. When his 

 wife, who was left behind him with her two children 

 in the temple of jEfculapius, perceived that the temple was 

 fet on fire, fhe appeared on the walls magnificently adqrncd, 

 with her two children ; and having reproached and execrated 

 her hufband for bafely deferting her, fhe firft ftabbed her 

 children, and then threw herfelf into the flames. See Car- 

 thage. 



ASDYNIS, in jinclcnt Geography, an ifland of Egypt, in 

 the lake Moeris. according to Eudoxus, cited by Steph. Byz. 



ASE, in Biogrciphy, a celebrited Jewifh Rabbi, was born 

 at Sora in Perlia, and was chofen chief of the famous aca- 

 demy in that place in the fourteenth year of his age, which 

 dignity he retained duiing fixty years, that is till the year 

 427, in which he died. Afe was the principal compiler of 

 the Babylonifli talmud. Duiing his long refidence at Sora, 

 he publilhed a colleftion of his dccifions, which he divided 

 into four parts : the firll contained the rules and maxims 

 of the Mifchna, with the doubts and folutions relating to 

 them : the fecond was chiefly occupied with the various 

 queftions of their doftors, and the fentiments of the Tha- 

 naim and Gemarifts : the third comprehended the deciiions 

 and maxims pubiifhed fince Judah the faint: and the lall 

 recapitulated the texts of fcripture relating to law-fuits, 

 with the comments of their learned men. This was the 

 firft divifion of the Babylonilh filmud ; but as Afe did not 

 live to complete it, his difciples altered his method, and 

 made feveral additions, which are thought to have rendered 

 the work more obfcure. See Talmud. 



ASEA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Arcadia, north- 

 eaft of Megalopolis. 



ASEERGUR, in Geography, a town of Hindoftan, in 

 the Candcilh, fifteen miles from Burhampour, and eighty- 

 Jive fouth of Indore. 



AS EI AC, a town of Perfia, in the province of Chuziftan, 

 thirty leagues fouth-wed of Ifpahan. 



ASEKI, or AsEKAi, the name which the Turks give to 

 the favourite fultanetfes, who have brought forth fons. 

 Thefe are greatly diftinguifhed above others in their apart- 

 ments, atteodants, penfions, and honours. They have 



ASE 



fomctimes (liarcd the government. The fultana who firfl 

 prcfents the emperor with a male child, is reckoiud the 

 thief favourite, is called liiyiih q/'rii, and ranks as a legitimate 

 wife: though from the time of Bajazet I. the fultans arc 

 forbid to marry by a pubhc law, which Solyman II. violated 

 in favour of Roxalana. 



ASELI^A, in Enlomology, a fpccies of Phal;ena that 

 is found in Germany. The wings arc biownilh, and with- 

 out fpots. Fab. It belongs to the Bumbyx family. 



ASELLI, ill AJlriymmy, two fixed liars of tiie fourth 

 magnitude, in the conftellatiou Cancer. 



ASELIJI Pancreas, in Anatomy. Sec Pancrfas. 



ASEI.LINA, in Nalnral Hi/lory, a fpecies of Lern.sa 

 difcribed by Linnaeus. En. Sv. The body is lunated, and 

 the thorax hearl-fli:;pod. Found on the gills of fomc fifhcs. 



ASELLUS, mLhtl.yology, the name of a tribe or genus of 

 filhes adopted by WiUugliby, Ray, and other old writers on 

 Natur:d Hillory. Linuxus arranges the filhes of this kind 

 in the Gadus genus; as for example: nfellus major of 

 Aldrovandus, is gatlus aeglcfintu Lin. (Hadock.) ajllhu fiif- 

 nis of Ray, is eadtis Iiifciis Linn. (Bib.) ajillus mollis minor 

 of Willughby and Ray, is gadus minutus Linn. (Poor), &c. 

 &c. See Gadus. 



AsELLus, in Entomology, a fpccific name of the common 

 wood-loufe, or hog-loufe as it is called in England. It be- 

 longs to the Oniscus genus. It isof an oval Ihape ; and has 

 an obtufe tail, which is furnifhed with two fimple ftyles. 

 This well-known creature delights in moill places, lurking 

 under Hones, in walls, in damp and rotten wood, &c. The 

 young arc contained in a four-valved receptacle under the 

 abdomen of the female. 



AsELLUs, in Conchology, a fpecies of Chiton, found in 

 the North feas, moft frequently adhering to mylilus modio- 

 lus. The fhell coiififts of eight valves, is very black, con- 

 vex above, with a yellowifh dorfal fpot on each valve. 

 Chemnitz, Gmel. &c. 



AsELLUs, a fpecies of Cypraea, very comm.on about 

 the Madeira ifiands. It is white, with three brown bands. 

 Linn. This fliell is called Afellus alfo by Rumpfius and 

 ArgenviUe. The fliape is oblong ; and the brown bands 

 are bordered with yellow, or fomelimes rcddifh. 



ASEMOS, «o-r,po>, from a negative, and c-^uk, ^Jign, is 

 an epithet applied to events that fail out contrary to all ap- 

 pearance, and without any manifeft caufe. 



ASEPTA, in Medidne, ac-r.T-a, from a. negative, and 

 a-r.rzw, to putrefy ; figuifies any thing unputrefied, or uncon- 

 coftcd. 



ASELE, Afele-Lapmark, or Angermannland Lapmarh, 

 in Geography, a province of Lapland, lying near the 

 Angermannland river, borders on Angermannland to- 

 wards the call, on Umea-Lapmark ^towards the north, 

 and joins to the mountains on the weft, and to J:imtland 

 on the fouth. In length it is about thirty Swedifh 

 miles. In the reign of Charles XI. about the year 1673, 

 meafures were taken for improving the population of this 

 country. In this Lapmark lies the parifh of Afele, about 

 eight or nine Swedifh miles long ; of which the fouthern 

 part is inhabited by Swedifh ptafants. This diitrict is not 

 capable of much improvement, and few parts of it have been 

 cultivated. Barley is the only grain that is fown, and when 

 the crop fails, the inhabitants are reduced to the neceffity of 

 mixing the bark of fir-trees dried and pulverized with their 

 barley-meal, and of this mixture to make their bread. They 

 . chiefly fubfill by breeding of cattle and fifliing. The coun- 

 try is infelled by a kind of foetid gnats, which arc very 

 troublefome, againft which they fecure tLcmfelves by be- 



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