A Dictionary of Ancient Geography: Explaining the Local Appellations in Sacred, Grecian, and Roman History; Exhibiting the Extent of Kingdoms, and Situations of Cities, &c. And Illustrating the Allusions and Epithets in the Greek and Roman Poets. The Whole Established by Proper Authorities, and Designed for the Use of Schools |
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Strona 8
... in the territory of tlie Adiamitæ. Abissa. See Abisa. Ablata, Ptolemy; a town os
Pon- tus, in the territory of Polemo- nium. Abliala, a town of Albania, on the west
side of the Caspian Sea,between B z the ike rivers Albanus and Cyrus, Pto- ,
lemy.
... in the territory of tlie Adiamitæ. Abissa. See Abisa. Ablata, Ptolemy; a town os
Pon- tus, in the territory of Polemo- nium. Abliala, a town of Albania, on the west
side of the Caspian Sea,between B z the ike rivers Albanus and Cyrus, Pto- ,
lemy.
Strona 9
ike rivers Albanus and Cyrus, Pto- , lemy. Abnoba, now Abenonu, a long range of
mountains in Germany, taking different names according to the different countries
they run through. As about the river Maine, called the Oden or Ottenuialds ...
ike rivers Albanus and Cyrus, Pto- , lemy. Abnoba, now Abenonu, a long range of
mountains in Germany, taking different names according to the different countries
they run through. As about the river Maine, called the Oden or Ottenuialds ...
Strona 11
... found about its walls, Pliny : now Antijello, AfiTipHiMOPPiDUM, a town of thl
district of Mareotis, in Egypt, tl the south of the lake Marea, Pto< lemy. Antiphili
Portus, a port on the African side of the Red Sea, Stra. bo Antiphra, Ptolemy ...
... found about its walls, Pliny : now Antijello, AfiTipHiMOPPiDUM, a town of thl
district of Mareotis, in Egypt, tl the south of the lake Marea, Pto< lemy. Antiphili
Portus, a port on the African side of the Red Sea, Stra. bo Antiphra, Ptolemy ...
Strona 2
... one passing through Babylon, the other through Seleucia, and then falls into
the Tigris : the factitious channel between these two is the Royal River ; which
mixes with the Tigris, a great deal lower down than Seleucia, at Apamea, Pto-
lemy.
... one passing through Babylon, the other through Seleucia, and then falls into
the Tigris : the factitious channel between these two is the Royal River ; which
mixes with the Tigris, a great deal lower down than Seleucia, at Apamea, Pto-
lemy.
Strona 5
... it the Tigris takes its course, Strabo. AR SEN aria, a colony of Mauretania
Caesariensis, Ptolemy, Antonine ; Arsennaria Latinorum, three miles distant from
the sea, Pliny. Arsenium, a town of Germany, Pto- ,lemy. Arsennaria. See
Arsenaria.
... it the Tigris takes its course, Strabo. AR SEN aria, a colony of Mauretania
Caesariensis, Ptolemy, Antonine ; Arsennaria Latinorum, three miles distant from
the sea, Pliny. Arsenium, a town of Germany, Pto- ,lemy. Arsennaria. See
Arsenaria.
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| Tytuł | A Dictionary of Ancient Geography: Explaining the Local Appellations in Sacred, Grecian, and Roman History; Exhibiting the Extent of Kingdoms, and Situations of Cities, &c. And Illustrating the Allusions and Epithets in the Greek and Roman Poets. The Whole Established by Proper Authorities, and ... |
| Autor | Alexander MacBean |
| Wydawca | G. Robinson, 1773 |
| W formie oryginalnej | Biblioteka Publiczna w Nowym Jorku |
| W formie cyfrowej | 28 Kwi 2007 |
| Liczba stron | 628 |
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