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Ghap. 44.] ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, ETC. 497 
Summary. — Towns and nations spoken of ^ ^ * ^. Noted 
rivers * =^ ^ ^. Eamous mountains ^ ^ ^ Islands, 118 in 
number. People or towns no longer in existence ^ ^ =^ 
Eemarkable events, narratives, and observations * * ^ 
EoMAK Authors quoted. — Agrippa\ Suetonius Pau- 
linus^, M. Varro^, Varro Atacinus'*, Cornelius Nepos^, 
Hyginus^. L. Vetus-^, Mela^, Domitius Corbulo^, Licinius 
Mucianus^^, Claudius Csesar^^ Arruntius^'^, Livius the Son^^, 
Sebosus^'', the Eegister of the Triumphs 
^ See end of B. iii. 
2 A celebrated Roman general, who was successively governor of 
Numidia and Britain, where he defeated Queen Boadicea. He was a 
supporter of the Emperor Otho, but afterwards obtained a pardon from 
YiteUius on the plea that he had betrayed Otho at the battle of Bedri- 
acum, and so contributed to his defeat ; which, however, was not the 
case. 
3 See end of B. ii. See end of B. iii. * See end of B. ii. 
^ See end of B. iii. ^ See end of B. iii. ^ See end of B. iii. 
^ Brother of Csesonia, the vdfe of Cahgula, and father of Domitia 
Longina, the wife of Domitian. He was the greatest general of his day, 
and conquered Tiridates, the powerful king of Parthia. He slew himself 
at Cenchrese, a.d. 67, upon hearing that Nero had given orders for his 
execution. See end of B. ii. 
The Roman emperor, grandson of Livia; the wife of Augustus. As 
an author, the character in which he is here referred to, he occupied him- 
self chiefly with history, and was encouraged in the pursuit by Livy the 
historian. At an early age he began to write a history from the death 
of the Dictator Csesar, a plan which he afterwards abandoned, and began 
his work with the restoration of peace, after the battle of Actium. Of 
the earlier period he had written only four books, but the latter work he 
extended to forty-four. He also wrote memoirs of his own life, which 
Suetonius describes as written with more silliness than inelegance. A 
fourth work was a defence of Cicero against the attacks of Asinius PoUio. 
He also wrote histories of Carthage and of Etruria in Greek. All of his 
literary works have perished. See end of B. iii. 
1'"^ Notliing whatever is knovm of this son of T. Livius, the great 
Roman historian. It is not improbable that the transcribers have com- 
mitted an error in inserting the word JHio, and that the historian himself 
is the person meant. See end of B. ii. 
15 "Acta Triumphorum" probably mean the registers kept in the 
Capitol, in which were inscribed the names of those who were honoured 
with triumphs, and the decrees of the senate or the people in their 
favour. This register must not be confounded with the "Tabulse 
.Consulares." 
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