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Epimaranitse, and Ramanitae, on Persicus
sin., bet. Canis fl. and Asaborum prom. Maranthis, a town of Cyrenaica, S.e. of
Cocynthion. Mararmanus sestuar., the mouth of Yia-
drus fl.
Marasia, a town of Cilicia. Marash, Marata (Marah), a town of the Therm,
Arabia, under Zames m., x.w. Ramah. Maratha, a village of Arcadia, bet. Bupha-
gium and Gortys. Marathe ins., an isl. on the S.e. coast of
Zacynthus ins. Marathonisi. Marathesium, a town of Ionia, bet.
Ephesus and Magnesia. Marathon, a demus of Attica, of the tribe
Leontis, on the jEgean, 20 m. N.e. of
Athens. Famous for the victory of the
Athenians over the Persians 490 B.c., and
for the Marathonian bull slain by Perseus.
Marat hona. Marathus, I. Phoenicia, i. q. Arvad. II.
a town of Phocis, on the coast bet. Me-
deon and Bulis. Metochi. Marathusa, a town of Crete. Marathussa ins., an isl. of Ionia, in Hcr-
mius sin., opposite Clazomense. Marazan^e, a town of Byzacene, bet. Aqua
Regia (15) and Sufes (28). Marcada (Carmada), a town of Melitene,
in Cappadocia. Marc^um m., a N. ridge of Ida m., E. of
Abydos. Marci, a port of the Morini, N.e. of Portus
Superior. Marcia, a town of the Turtetani, Bastica,
bet. Hiempa N.w^. and Urso S.e. A colonia. Marciana (Eremus Helvetia) silva, a portion of Hercynia silva, Germ., bet. the
Rhine and the sources of the Danube.
Schwartzwald. Marcianopolis, I. a town of Caria. II. of
the Crobyzi, Moes., bet. Palmata and Pan-
nisus, w. of Odessus. Named from Trajan's
sister. Eski Stamloul; Pritklara; Mar-
cenopoli. Marciliana, a town of Lucania, on Silanus
fl., bet. Calor fl. and Csesariana (14), on
Via Aquilia, Sata. Marcina, a Tyrrhenian town of the Picen-
tini, Campania, on Paestanus sin., w. of
Salemum. Vietri. Marcodava, a town of the Burideenscs,
Dac., on Marisus fl.,L.,bet. Salinum (12)
and Brucla (12). Mirizlo. Marcodurum, a town of the Ubii, Ger-
mania II., N.w, of Tolbiacum. Duren. Marcomagus, a town of the Ubii, Ger-
mania II., bet. Tolbiacum and Icorigium.
Markmagen,
Marcomanni, "men of the marches or confines," a people of Germania Mag., who flying, under their king Marobo-dunus, from the Romans, from about the springs of the Danube, expelled the Boii from Bojohemum, and occupied that country.
Mardi, I. a people of Armenia Maj., on the E. shore of Arsissa lac., N. of Caspius m. Mardintan. II. of Persis Prop., s. of the Messabatae.
Mardula fl., a r. of Pontus, towards Athenae.
Mardus fl., i. q. Amardus.
Mardyeni, a people of Sogdiana, E. of Sogdii m., on the confines of Bactria.
Mareia, I. palus, i. q. Mareotis. II. (Pa-Isemareia;, a town of Lower Egypt, on Mareotis (Mareia) lac., s. bet. Taposiria and Apis.
Mare mortuum, Palestine, i. q. Asphaltites lacus.
Mareonis, a town of the Suardones, Germ., on Codanus sin., at the mouth, L., of Treva fl., w. of Laciburgium.
Mareotis (Mareia, Arapotes) lac., a lake of Lower Egypt, at Alexandria s., in breadth 150 stad., in length 300. It communicated by numerous cuts with the Nile. Tho Alexandrians had a port on it richer than their port on the Mediterranean. The adjacent district was noted for its wine.
Mares, a tribe of Mosynoeci, in Pontus.
Maresnah, a town of Judah, Judeea, 2 m. s. from Eleutheropolis. Fortified by Re-hoboam ; restored by Gabinius. The residence of the prophet Micah.
Mareura, a town of Argentea regio, Indise, on Dorius fl., R., S.e. of Berabonna.
Marg^ea, elid, i. q. Margana.
Margala (Margalse, Elid), i. q. Margana.
Margana, (Margaea, Margalae, Margala), I. a town of Pisatis, in Elis, on Alpheus fl., R., E. of Olympia. II. a port of Tapro-,bane, w. bet. Anarismundi prom, and Modulla.
Margasi, a people of Atropatene, Med., N.w., on the s. shore of Spauta lac.
Margastana ins., an isl. of Persis, over against the mouth of Cataderbis fl.
Margiana, a country of Asia, bounded N. by Sogdiana at Oxus fl., s. by Aria and Parthia at Sariphi m. and Mosdoranus m., w. by Hyrcania at Labuta m., E. by Bac-triana w. of Zariaspes fi. Noted for its grapes. A portion of Khorasan; Mar-ghush.
Margiane, a district of Media-Atropatene, on its w. border.
Margidunum, a town of theCoritani, Brit.,
