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foAions. But, notvrithftanding this celebrity, it appears to 

 be a very inlignificant article oi the Materia Mcdica, and is 

 tliercfoie very juitly fallen into difufe. Bcrgius, however, 

 ftates its virtue to he *' antiiiutrcdinofa. tonica, diaphore- 

 tica, diuretica, refolvcns ;" and fome others recommend it 

 to be cmjiloyed externally in antifeptic eataplafms and fomen- 

 tations. Woodville Mat. Bot. 



Gkhmandkr, Rock. See Vkuosica. 

 GERMANE A, in Botany, named by Lamarck after 

 Moiif. de Saint-Germain, a great admirer and cultivator of 

 plants, Lamarck Dift. v. 2. 690. Illuflr. t. 514. JnlT. 116. 

 449. See Pi.KCTKANTHUs, which latter appellation, given 

 by L'Hcritier, who was partial neither to M. de Saint-Ger- 

 main nor his admirers, has been univerfally adopted. 



GERMANIA, in Gro^^yaphy, a poll -town of Culpepper 

 county, in Virginia ; 82 miles from Wadiington. 



GERMANICIA, mj/icknt Gi-ogmpby, a town of Afia, 

 fituated on a plain between nioiuit Taiirns and mount 

 Amanus, on the bank of a fuiall river which ran into the 

 Pvranuis, W. of the town. 



'GERMANICOPOLLS, a town of Bithynia, near the 

 Propontide, called by Pliny Htlgasand Boos-Cxte — Alfo, 

 a town of Paphlagonia, called Gtingra. — Alfo, a town of 

 Ifauria. 



GERMANICUS, C.T,.<:An, in Biography, grand-nephew 

 of Auguftus, nephew of Tiberius, and grandfon of Livia. 

 When Augudus adopted Tiberius, he obliged him to adopt 

 Germanicus, who thus, according to the Roman law, flood 

 in the filial relation to them both. Germanicus married 

 Agrippina, grand-daughter of Auguftus, a lady not more 

 illuririous for her rank than her virtues, and he himfelf grew 

 up in the general affeftion of the public, ou account of the 

 excellence of his temper, and the mildnefs of his difpofi- 

 tion, and was denominated the " delight of the Roman 

 people.'' Germanicus was very learned and eloquent, and, 

 at an early age, he became illullrious in warfare, and was 

 raifed to the moil important offices of the Hate. When 

 .Aug.iftus died, he was engaged in a war in Germany, and 

 the affeftion of the foldiers unanimoufly faluted him emperor. 

 He refufed the honour, and then appeafed the tumult which 

 his indifference to the rank had occafioned. He continued 

 his exploits in Germany, and defeated the celebrated Ar- 

 minius, and upon his return was rewarded with a triumph. 

 The Germans fought with the greateft bravery, but were at 

 length obliged to yield to fuperior difcipline and generalfliip. 

 The concluding battle was attended with great ilaughter to 

 the Germans, and gave the Roman commander oceaiion to 

 raife a trophy with this infcription, " The nations between 

 the Rhine and the Elbe fubdued by the army ol Tiberius 

 Caefar;" but this fubjugation was only a temporary cclfa- 

 tion of the conteft, and, upon fome difafter experienced by 

 the Romans from the elements, the Germans renewed their 

 attack, which afforded Germanicus an opportunity of ac- 

 quiring new laurels, and he expected to have made an entire 

 conqueft of Germany, but the emperor, jealous of his 

 fuccefTes, recalled him, with m^any compliments upon his 

 paft conduft, and the profpeft »f a fecond coniulate. On 

 his return he was honoured uith another triumph, which v>'as 

 celebrated with extraordinary m.agnificcnce. That part of 

 the fpeftacle which was moil afTeCtirg to the Roman people, 

 was the chariot of the viftor, filled with his three fons and 

 two daughters. Germanicus was foon fent into the Eait to 

 quell fome diilurbances there : the powers entruiled to him 

 on this occafion were very extenfive, but the fi Ipicious 

 Tiberius had placed Pifo as a fpy and check on the 

 illuftrious general. Germanicus entered upon his fecond 

 •onfulfhip, having the emperor for his colleague : he vil'ited 



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Athens, and was received in that city with all the adulation 

 ufually praftifed by the inhabitants. He then failed t» 

 Eubcca and Lefbos, thence he touched upon Thrace, and 

 croffing into Afia, viewed the ruins of Troy, and confultcd 

 the oracle at Colophon. Pifo liailily followed liim, and 

 after terrifying the Athenians with a fevere harangue, and 

 throwing out inliuuations againft Germanicus, embarked for 

 Rhodes, where he would have penfned Iiad he not have been 

 faved by the humane afiillaoce of the prince, whom he over- 

 took tiiere. Germanicus now proceeded to execute his 

 commifHon. He placed the croun on the head of Zeno, 

 fon of the king of Pontus, an ally of the Romans. He 

 then reduced Cappadocia and other places to the Hate or 

 Roman provinces, and in the enfuing year he made a pvo- 

 grefs into Egypt, and viewed every thing that was deferv- 

 ing of notice in the country, at the fame tim.e opening the 

 public granaries to tlie people, who were fuflering under a 

 fcarcity. Upon his return from Egypt to Syria, he found 

 that Pifo had abrogated every regulation which he had 

 eftabliflied among- tlie legions, and in the cities, and his 

 indignation at tliis behaviour widened the breach between 

 them. At this time Germanicus was attacked with a 

 difeafe which afterwards proved fatal, and whicli was im- 

 puted to the effefts of poilon, but fome of our beft hiflori- 

 ans, having impartially examined the collateral fafts, do not 

 think the evidence fuiiicient to juflify the affertion. Ger- 

 manicus himfelf had no doubt that he was the vittim of tJia 

 malignity of Pifo, and, in his laft moments, conjured h's 

 friends to profecute with the utmoft vigour the authors of 

 his death. He died at Epidapline, near Antiocli, in the 

 year 19, in tlie tliirty-fourth year of his age. His death 

 was the fubjeft of univerfal lamentation at Rome. Every 

 other concern was forgotten, and the people, without wait- 

 ing for an order from the magiilrates, forfook the forum, 

 (hut up their houfes, and affunied every token of univerfal 

 forrow. A profufion of honours was decreed to his me- 

 mory, and even foreign princes ajul nations joined their 

 tefUmonies of efleem and regret. He had been highly 

 eftcemed not only for his military accomplifhments, but alio 

 for his learning, humanity, and extenfive benevolence. In 

 the midfl of war he devoted fome moments to ftudy, and hff 

 favoured the world with two Greek comedies, fome epi- 

 grams, and a tranilation of Aratus in Latin verfe. Taci- 

 tus, Suetonius, and Univer. Hift. 



GERMANO, in Geography, a town of Naples, in La- 

 vora, containing four pariflies, four convents, and about 

 800 perfons. Near this place are the ruins of " CaiTinum," 

 dellroyed by Tlieodoric, king of tlie Goths The town is 

 lituated 43 miles N. N. W. of Naples. N. lat. 41' 33'. 

 E.long. 13"^ 45'. — Alfo, a town of the duchy of Urbino ; 

 13 miles E. N. E. of Urbino. — Alfo, a town of France, in 

 the department of th.e Sefia, late in the lordHiip of Vercelli ; 



four miles E. of St.Ja Alfo, a town on the W. coart of 



the ifland of Porto Rico. N lat. 18 20'. W. long. 67^ 

 40'. 



GERMANS, fo called from the name of their country, 

 in Ecclrjinjlkal Hi/lory, one of the fedts of rigid anabaptills 

 into which the Flcmingians were divided ; the other two 

 being denominated Elandrians and Frieflanders. See Fle- 



MlNGIAN.S. 



Geiim ans, St. or Germa'itis, in Geography, a borough town 

 of Cornwall, England, was, during the Anglo-Saxon era, a 

 bilhop's fee. In 981, the Cornidi bilhop removed liis fee 

 from iiodmin to this place ; but bifhop Levinus tranflated 

 it to Crediton, in Devonihirc, in 1049. King Athelllan 

 founded a priory for fecular canons here ; to which tlic 

 cathedral buildings were annexed. Of thefe nothing remains 



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