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the Syriac; but the former was greatly corrupted by the 
Perfian, the predominant language of the country being 
a dialeit of that tongue. We find no mention of the 
kings of Cilicia after their fettlement in that country, 
till the time of Cyrus, to whom they voluntarily fubmit- 
ted, cor,tinning fubjeft to the Perfians till the overthrow 
of that empire ; but governed to the time of Artaxerxes. 
Mnemon, by kings of their own nation. After the down¬ 
fall of the Perfian empire, Cilicia became a province of 
that of Macedon ; and, on the death of Alexander, fell 
tq the (hare of Seleucus, and continued under his defcen- 
dants till it was reduced to a Roman province by Pom- 
pey. As a proconfular province, it was find governed by 
Appius.Claudius Pulclier : and after him by the famous 
orator Cicero, who reduced feVeral ftrong holds on Mount 
Amanus, in which fome Cilicians had fortified them¬ 
felves, and held out againft his predeceffor. It was on 
this occafion that the diviiion, formerly mentioned, into 
Trachsea, and Campeftris, took place. The latter be¬ 
came a Roman province ; but the former was governed 
by kings appointed by the Romans, tijl the reign of Vef- 
pafian, when the family of Tracondementus being ex- 
tindd, this part alfo made a province of the empire, and 
the whole divided into Cilicia Prima, Cilicia Secunda, 
and Ifauria; the firft took in ail Cilicia Campeftris, the 
fecond the coalt of Cilicia Trachasa, and the laft the in¬ 
land parts of the fame divifion. It is now a province of 
Afiatic Turky ; and is called Caramania, having been 
the laft province of the Caramanian kingdom which held 
out Againft the Ottoman race. 
CILFCIOUS, adj. [from cilicium, Lat. hair-cloth.] 
Made of hair.—A garment of camel’s hair, that is, made 
of fome texture of that hair ; a coarfe garment, a cilicious 
or fackcloth habit, fuitable to the aufterity of his life. 
Brown. 
CIL'LFY, a town of Germany, in the duchy of Stiria, 
oil the river Saan, and capital of a diftrift, which extends 
as far as Pettaw.. The inhabitants of the town fpeak 
Gewnan and Sclavonian, but thofe in the villages only 
the latter: fome authors are of opinion that they were 
brought hither by the dukes of Bavaria, to oppofe the 
Romans ; others that they eftablifhed themfelves. Cilley 
is faid once to have belonged to the Romans, after that 
to have been entirely deffroyed, till given by Louis, the 
old king, and duke of Bavaria, to Hezillon, duke of Mo¬ 
ravia, who rebuilt it. The diftriil, or corote, was once 
an independent principality, and governed by counts of 
its own. It is 130 miles fouth-fouth-weit of Vienna. Lat. 
4.6. 21. N. Ion. 33.2. E. Ferro. 
CILLO'SIS,/. [from cilium, Lat. the eye-lid.] A fpaf- 
modic trembling of the eye-lids. 
CI'LO, f. [from cilium, Lat. the eye-lid, which in fuch 
a perfon is particularly prominent.] One whofe forehead 
is prominent, and temples compreffed j vulgarly called 
beetle-browed. 
CILO'CA, a town of South America, in the country 
of Peru, on the coalt of the Pacific Ocean: forty miles 
weft of Arequipa^ 
CI'MA, or Sima, f. in architecture, a member, or 
moulding, called alfo ogee, and cimatium. 
CIMABU'E (Giovanni), a renowned painter, born at 
Florence in 1240, and the firft who revived the art of 
painting in Italy, after its extinction by the irruption of 
the. Goths. He painted, according to the cultom of thofe 
times, in frefco and in diftemper, colours in oil not being 
then known. He excelled in architecture as well as in 
painting; and was concerned in ereCting the fabric of., 
SanCta Maria del Eior at Florence ; during which employ¬ 
ment he died at the.age of fixty, and left many difciples. 
CIMA'R. See Simar. 
CJM'BRI, f. An ancient Celtic nation, inhabiting the 
northern parts of Germany. They are faid to have been 
defcended from the Afiatic Cimmerians, and to have ta¬ 
ken the name of Cimbri, when they changed their old ha¬ 
bitations. When they firft became remarkable, they in- 
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habited chiefly the penirifula of Denmark now called Jut¬ 
land, and by the ancients Chnlp-ica Cherfonefus: About 
113 years before Chrift, they left their peninfula with 
their wives and children ; and joining the Teutones, a 
neighbouring nation, they! journeyed louthvyard in queft of 
a better country. They firft fell upon the Boii, aGaulifti 
nation lituated near the Hercynian foreft. Here they were 
repulfed, and driven nearer the Roman provinces. That 
republic being alarmed at the approach of fuch multitudes 
of barbarians, fent an army againft them under the con- 
ful Papirius Carbo, On the approach of the Roman ar¬ 
my, the Cimbri made propofals of peace. The conful 
pretended to be fatisfied therewith ; but, having thrown 
them into a difadvantageous fituation, treacheroufly at¬ 
tacked their camp. The Cimbri ran to arms, and not 
only repulfed the Romans, but attacking them in their 
turn utterly defeated them, and obliged the (battered re¬ 
mains of their forces to conceal themfelves in the neigh¬ 
bouring forefts. After this victory the Cimbri entered 
Tranfalpine Gaul, which they'filled with daughter and 
defolation. Here they continued five, or fix years, when 
another Roman army, under the conful Silanus, marched 
againft them. This general met with no better fuccefs; 
his army was routed, and all Narbonne Gaul was expofed 
to the ravages of the enemy. 
About 105 years before Chrift, the Cimbri began tc* 
threaten the whole Roman empire with deftrubtion. The 
Gauls marched from all parts with a defign to join them,, 
and to invade Italy. The Roman army was commanded 
by the proconful Caspio, and the conful Mallius; but as 
thefe two commanders could not agree, they were advifed 
to feparate, and divide their forces. This advice proved 
their ruin. The Cimbri fell upon a ftrong detachment of 
tiro confular army, commanded by M. Aurelius Scaurus, 
which they cut off to a man, and made Scaurus priibner.. 
Mallius being intimidated by this defeat, defired a recon¬ 
ciliation with. Caspio, but was haughtily refufed. He 
moved nearer the confnl, however, with his army, that 
the enemy might not be defeated without his having a 
fliare in the aftion. The Cimbri now attacked the camp 
of Caspio, and the Gauls that of Mallius. Both were 
forced, and tiro Romans (laughtered without mercy. 
Eighty thoufand citizens and allies of Rome, with forty 
thouland fe-rvants and futlers, perifhed on that day. The 
conquerors deffroyed all the (poll, purliiant to a vow they 
had made before the battle. The gold and filver they 
threw into tiro Rhone, drowned the horfes they had ta¬ 
ken, and put to death all the prifbners. So courageous* 
or rather defperate, were the Cimbri, that they fattened 
together the front ranks of their army with cords, to pre¬ 
vent their being broken, as well as to keep every foldid 
in his place. 
The Romans were thrown into great confternation f 
they faw themfelves threatened with a deluge of Cimbri 
and Gauls, numerous enough to over-run the whole coun¬ 
try. They did not, however, delpair; a new army was 
raifed, and Marius, who was in high reputation on ac¬ 
count of his victories in Africa, was chofen commander, 
and waited for the Cimbri in Tranfalpine Gaul ; but the 
enemy had refolved to enter Italy by two different ways s 
the Cimbri over the eaftern, and the Teutones and other 
allies over the weflern, Alps. The Roman general there¬ 
fore marched to oppole the latter, and defeated the Am* 
brones and Teutones with great daughter. The Cimbri, 
in the mean time, entered Italy, and (truck the whole 
country with terror. Catullus and Sylla attempted to 
oppole them'; but their foldiers were fo intimidated by 
the fierce appearance of thefe barbarians, that nothing 
could prevent their flying before them. The city of Rome 
was now left defencelefs; fo that had the Cimbri marched 
briikly forwards, they would probably have become mas¬ 
ters of it; but they waited in expedition of being joined 
by their allies, not having heard of their defeat by Ma¬ 
nus, till the l’enate had time to recal him to the defence 
of his country. He how joined his army to that of Ca- 
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