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Trajani. Named from their rugged im­practicability. Insubres (Isombri, Symbrici, Symbri), I. a colony of the Gaulish Insubres in Gallia Transpadana, on Padus fl., s. of the Orobii bet. Ticinus fl. w. and Addua fl. E., bui extending earlier to Sessites fl. w. and Clusius fl. E. II. a. people of Lugdunensis I., on the territory afterwards occupied by the Segusiani. Instjla sacra, an isl. at the mouth of the

Tiber, formed by its two branches.

Intemelii, a people of Liguria, bet. the

Alpes Maritimse and the sea, w. of the

Ingauni, about Albintemelium.

Interacrium, a town of Sabinium, on Ve-

iinus fl., 10 m. from Fisterua;. Antro-

doco.

Interamnesia, a town of the Vettones,

Lusitania, bet. the Durius and Cuda ffl. Interamnia, I. a town of the Frentani, S.e. of Buca. Termoli. II. of Latium, on Liris fl., near its confluence with another r., not named, below Arpinum, near Casi-num. A colonia 314 B.c. III. of Lucania, at the springs of Laus fl., bet. Nerulura and Muranum. Firmo. IV. surnamed Prsetutiana, of Pnetutia, in Picenum, on Batinus fl., L., E. of Vicus Badies. A colonia and municipium. Teramo. V. of XJmbria, bet. the confluence of Nar fl. and a tributary stream, on Via Flaminia, bet. Narnia (R) and Spoletium (18). Founded 733 B.c. A municipium. Noted for the extreme fertility of its territory. Terni.

Interamnium-fi.avium, a town of the Astures, Tarrac., on Silis fl., L., s.E. of Bergidium. Po-nferrada. Intercatia, a town of the Vacesei, Tarra-conensis, 20 m. S.e. from Brigacium. Memorable in the life of Scipio jEmUianus. Reiver.

Intercisa, a town of Valeria, Pannonise, on the Danube, bet. Annamatia and Lus-sonium. Foldvar ? Intermanana, a town of Sabinium, 12 m.

from jEquum Falsicum. Magliano. Interum mare, i. q. Mediterraneum. Interocrea, a town of Sabinium, on Ve-litius fl., R., bet. Cutilise (G) and Forum Decii (14), on Via Salaria. Interdoco. Interpromium, a town of the Pelismi, on Aternus fl., R., bet. Corfim'um (12) and Teate (13) on Via Valeria. San Valen-tino. Intibili, a town of Tarraconensis, 27 m.

s.w. from Dertosa.

Intuergi, a tribe of Alemanni, GermaniEe, bet. the Rhine, Moenus fl., and Niter fl.

Inuca, a town of Zeugitana, 13 m. from Sicilibba.

Iolcos, I. the shore of Pagasseus sin., near the cognominal town. II. a town of Mag­nesia, Thessaly, 1 m. N. from Demetrias, on Anaurus fl., under Pelion m. The birth-place of Jason. The inhabitants were transferred to Demetrias by Demetrius Poliorcetes. Extinct in the time of Strabo.

Ioi,asit-£, a people of Arabia Felix, E. of Zames m., towards the Astapeni. In El Alisa.

Ion, I. a r. of Estootis, in Thessaly, rising in Cercetius m., and falling into Peneus fl., below Ericinum. Cachia. II. a fortress of Sciros, Laconise, commanding a pass into Arcadia.

Iones, the Athenians, poetically so called, from Ion, son of Hellen.

Ionia, I. a country of Asia Minor, bounded N. by ^olis, s. by Caria, w. by Ionium mare, E. by Lydia. Peopled first by Lele-ges and Carians, and then by lones from Greece, whence the name. II. the name given to ^Egialus, in Achaia, by the lones from Attica, who had blended with its original population, the JEgialees. III. postea Cephalus, a town of Cilicia Cam-pestris, on Issicus sin., E. of Pyramus fl.

Ionid^e, a demua of Attica, of the tribe

Ionium mare, the portion of the Mediter-

ranean which washes the shores of Epirus,

Acarnania, and Peloponnesus E., and of

Magna Gnecia w. ; s. of the Adriatic, x.

of Libycum mare. Named after Ionia.

Ionian Sea.

Ionius sin, i. q. Hadriaticum mare. Ioxopolis, a later name of Aboniteichos. Iori, a tribe of Pseoncs, Macedonia;, N. of

Almopreia. los ins., I. an island of the jEgean, one of the

Sporades, bet. Donysa and Sicinos. The

birth-place of Homer's mother, and burial-

place of the poet himself. Mo. II. a for-

tress of Laconia. Ipagrcm (^Egabrum), a town of the Tur-

tuli, Bsetica, 43 m. N. of Antiquaria. Kear

Santaella, [pni (Hypnus) ins., an island or rocky

shoal of Magnesia, Thessaly, off Sepias

prom. Ipnfius. Ipnus, I. a town of the Locri Ozolse, s. of

Myon. II. of Samos, N. of Samos oppid.

Vat hi. Ipsus, a town of Phrygia, bet. Synnada and

Jnlia. The locality of the defeat and death

of Antigonus. Ika, a fortress of Messenia, on Neda fl., N.b.

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