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divided into the ilutcs of the Great Mogul, coraprifii.g llie 

 kiiiijdoms of Dclli, ARva, Guzai-ate, llciigal ; tlie peniiilula 

 of India bevoiul tlie Gaiig'JS, comprizing the kingdoms of 

 Vifapoor, Golcoiida, to the north j Bifnagar, Malabar, in the 

 middle towards the foutli ; the peiiinfula of India within the 

 Ganges, compri/.ing the kingdoms of Pegu, Tonkccn, Co- 

 chin-china; Siam, containing Martaban, Siam, Malacca, from 

 north to fouth. Perfn is divided into the northern provinces 

 of Shirvan, Kilan, Khorazan, from weft to call ; the middle 

 provinces of Erakatz.-ni, Sablnftan, Silziilan, from weft to 

 call ; the foutlicrn provinces of Khufiitan, Fars, Kirman, 

 Makran, from well to eall. Turkey in Afia is divided into 

 Natolia or Anatolia, comprifuig the provinces ot Natolia 

 Proper, Amafia, from north-welt to caft ; Karaniania, Ala- 

 diily, from fouth-well to call. Syria, comprehending the 

 provinces of Syria Proper, Phoenicia, Palclline, from north 

 to fonih. Araljia, containiiig the provinces of Beriara or 

 Arabia Defcrta, Barraab or Arabia Petrxa, Hyaman or 

 Arabia FeUx, conipriling H:-igia, Theama, Hadrartnit, Se- 

 ecr, Oman, Bahrai'm, Yuhama, from north to fouth ; the 

 provinces of the Euplirates, \iz. Diarbek, containing Diar- 

 bck Proper, Erzerum, Yerrack, from north to fouth ; Turco- 

 mania, containing Turcomania Proper, the Kurdiftan, from 

 well to eall ; Georgia, containing Mingrcha, Gurgiilan, from 

 weft to eart. Tiie ides of Japan ; Japan, the iflc of Xicoco 

 or Tocoefi, Bongo, &c., the ille of Niphon, Sec, from nortii- 

 eaft to fouth-wcft. The Philippine iflands ; L\i(,on or Lu- 

 conia, among which is Manilla, Tandare, Mindanas, &c., 

 from north to fouth. The Molucca iflands ; Ternate, the 

 iile of Gilolo, Celebes, ifle of Geram, Amboyna, &c., from 

 weft to eaft. The Ladrones ; Guan, Tinian, Pagon, &c., 

 from fouth to north. The Sonda ifles ; Borneo, Siwnatra, 

 under the equator, Java, &c. fouth of the two former. The 

 Maldive iflands, the principal whereof is Male. The num- 

 ber of thefe is very confiderablc, but all of them are fmall. 

 The illand of Ceylon, in which are feven kingdoms, the moft 

 confiderablc being that of Candi. 



Asi.i, in ylncient Geography, the name of an illand of 

 Ethiopia. Stcph. Byz. — A port of the Jews and Phoeni- 

 cians, on the Red fca. Eufebius. — A lake of Alia, near 

 the Cailler. Virgil. jEn. 1. vii. v. 700. — A town of Alia Mi- 

 Tior, in Lydia, lituate near mount Tmolus. Suidas — A 

 b\irgh or town of Afia, in Sufiana. Ptolemy. — A moun- 

 tain of Peloponnefus, in I^aconia. Paufanias. 



Asia, Proconfulur, fo called becaufe it was governed by 

 a proconful, comprehended, according to Auguftus's dif- 

 tribution of the provinces of the Roman empire, Lydia, Io- 

 nia, Caria, Myfia, Phiygia, and the proconfular Hcllefpont. 

 In the time of Conllantine the Great, the proconfular Afia 

 was much abridged, and a diftindlion was introduced between 

 this and the Aliatic diocefe ; the former being governed by 

 the proconful of Alia, and the latter by the vicarius or lieu- 

 tenant of Afia. The proconfular Afia feems, by the de- 

 fcription given of it by Eunapius (in Vit. Maximi.), to 

 have been much the fame with the Lydian Afia, which 

 comprehended Lydia, iEolis, and Ionia, and which is the 

 Afia mentioned in Afts, c!i. xvi., and including the feven 

 churches of the book of Revelations, ch. ii. and iii. This 

 Lydian Afia was only a part of Afia Proper, or Afia pro- 

 perly fo called, which according to Cicero (in Orat. pro 

 Flacco) confilled of four regions, \'iz. Phrj'gia, Myfia, Ca- 

 ria, and Lydia. In the reign of Thcodofius the elder, who 

 fucceeded Valens, the conliilar Hellefpont was taken from 

 the vicarius of Afia, and added to the proconfular Afia ; but 

 under Arcadius, the proconfular Afia was abridged of all 

 the inland part of Lydia. However, the fouthcrn part of 

 Lydia, lying between the Mseander, and Caifter, and the 



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mnritime provinces from Eplufus to AflTos, and the promon- 

 toiy Lefliiin, were left to the proconfular Afia. 



Asia, in Ccogrnphy, an illand on tlie coall of Peru, fitu- 

 ate at the dillance of feven leagues Irom Canettc on the 

 fouth-eaft, and Chilca on the north-weft. It is a white 

 ifland under the (hore, about half a league in circuit. S. lat. 

 13° 6'. 



Asia, in Mythology, was one of the nymphs called 

 Oceanides; and according t^ Diodorus, the wife of Japetus. 



ASIARCHA, in yliiliquily, the fuperintendant of the 

 facred games in Afia. Montfaucon. Pal. Graic. lib. ii. c. 6. 

 p. 1^)1. 



The afiarcha differed from the Gahitarcha, Syriarchn, &c. 

 Some will have the aliarchs to have been perfons of rank, 

 chofen in the way of honour, to procure the celebration of 

 the folemn games at their own expcncc. 



As the afiarchs united the nnagiftiacy and pricfthood, 

 they were entrulled with the care of the temples and facred 

 edifices ; and the expeiice of the office being confiderablc, 

 they were feleited from perfons of great wealth and reputa- 

 tion. In the eiedion of tliefe ofiiccrs, ali'emblies were con- 

 vened in all the towns of Afia at the commencement of the 

 Afiatic year, or about the autumnal equinox. From each 

 of thefe a deputy was fent to the general aifembly of the 

 nation ; and of ten perfons who were returned to the pro- 

 conful, he appointed one to the office of afiarch. The at- 

 tributes of the afiarch were a crown of gold, with a toga 

 ornamented with gold and purple. This officer exifted for 

 foinc time under the Chriftian emperors, although they had 

 abolifiied the facred games and temples. To tlsele officers 

 there is a reference in Acts, xix. ^i. And as tliey were per- 

 fons of opulence and dignity, they acted with civihty and 

 kindnefs towards the apollle Paul, in fending a meflage 

 from the theatre to apprife him of the temper of the peo- 

 ple, and to difl'uade him from coming thither. 



ASIANO, in Orography, a town of Italy, in the princi- 

 pality of Piedmont and lordlhip of Vcreelh, four miles fouth 

 of Vercelli. 



ASIANTE, a countrj' of Africa, eaftward of the Gold 

 Coaft, Ctuated about N. lat. 5° 35'. and the fame longitude 

 with London. 



ASIATIC, in a general fcnfe, denotes any perfon or 

 thing that bears relation to Afia. 



Asiatic, in Biography, is a furname given to L. Scipio, 

 the brother of Scipio Africaiius, after his defeat of Antic- 

 chu3 king of Syria. 



Asiatic dloccfe, in Geography, a part of Afia, which 

 comprehended eight provinces that were governed by the 

 vicarius, or lieutenant of Afia, viz. Lydia, Caria, Phrygia 

 Salutaris, Phrygia Pacatiana, Pamphylia', I^ycia, Lycaonia, 

 and I'ifidin. Sometimes it is taken in a more llntl fenfc, 

 as dlllinft from the proconfular Afia, and the provinces 

 under the jurifdidlion of the proconful ; and fometimes in 

 a more extenfive fenfe, as comprehending alfo the procon- 

 fular Afia. 



Asiatic Society, in the Hijlory of Lilerary EJiallifmients, 

 See Society. 



Asiatic Style, in Rhetoric. See Style. 



ASIATICA, in Entomology, a fpccies of Chrysomela, 

 found in Siberia. The form is oval ; colour bralTy-green, 

 very glofly ; wing-cafes blue. Fabr. Spec. Inf. Gmel. &c. 



AsiATicA, an Afiatic fpccits of Blatta, defcribed by 

 Profeffor Pallas, It. 3. p. 263. It is of a grey colour, 

 and oblong form ; the wings and wing-cafes are longer 

 than the body, and narrow or pointed at the end. Gmel. 

 &c. 



AsiATiCA, a fpecies of Sfhex, found in the ifland of 

 8 Antigua, 



