ALLOBROGES, a people of Narbon Gaul, situate between the Rhodanus and the Lacus Lemanus.

ALPS, a range of high mountains separating Italy from Gaul and Germany.  They are distinguished into different parts, under several names:  such as the Maritime Alps, near Genoa; the Cottian Alps, separating Dauphine from Piedmont; the Graian Alps, beginning from Mount Cenis, where the Cottian terminate, and extending to Great St. Bernard; the Pennine Alps, extending from west to east to the Rhetian Alps, the Alpes Noricae, and the Pannonian Alps, as far as the springs of the Kulpe.  Their height in some places is almost incredible.  They are called Alps, from Alpen, a Celtic term for high mountains.

ALTINUM, a town in the territory of Venice, on the Adriatic; now in ruins, except a tower, still retaining the name of Altino.

AMANUS, a mountain of Syria, separating it from Cilicia; now called Montagna Neros by the inhabitants; that is, the watery mountain, abounding in springs and rivulets.

AMATHUS, a maritime town of Cyprus, consecrated to Venus, with an ancient temple of Adonis and Venus:  it is now called Limisso.

AMAZONIA, a country near the river Thermodon, in Pontus.

AMISIA, now the Ems; a river of Germany that falls into the German sea, near Embden.

AMORGOS, an island in the Egean sea, now Amorgo.

AMYDIS, a town near the gulf of that name, on the coast of Latium in
Italy.

ANAGNIA, a town of ancient Latium, now Anagni, thirty-six miles to the east of Rome.

ANCONA, a port town in Italy, situate on the gulf of Venice.

ANDECAVI, now Anjou.

ANEMURIUM, a promontory of Cilicia, with a maritime town of the same name near it.  See Pomponius Mela.

ANGRIVARIANS, a German people, situate on the west side of the Weser, near Osnaburg and Minden.

ANSIBARII, a people of Germany.

ANTIOCH, or ANTIOCHIA, the capital of Syria, called Epidaphne, to distinguish it from other cities of the name of Antioch.  It is now called Antakia.

ANTIPOLIS, now Antibes, on the coast of Provence, about three leagues to the west of Nice.

ANTIUM, a city of the ancient Volsci, situate on the Tuscan Sea; the birth-place of Nero.  Two Fortunes were worshipped there, which Suetonius calls Fortunae Antiates, and Martial, Sorores Antii.  Horace’s Ode to Fortune is well known—­

O Diva gratum quae regis Antium.

The place is now called Capo d’Anzo.

ANTONA, now the Avon.  See Camden.

AORSI, a people inhabiting near the Palus Maeotis; now the eastern part of Tartary, between the Neiper and the Don.

APAMEA, a city of Phrygia, near the banks of the Maeander; now Aphiom-Kara-Hisar.