Spain. His great virtues, and his private as well as public character,
and his services to the empire, both as an officer, a governor, and a
consul, recommended him to the notice of Nerva, who solemnly adopted
him as his son; invested him during his lifetime with the imperial
purple, and gave him the name of Cæsar and of Germanicus. A little
time after Nerva died, and the election of Trajan to the vacant
throne was confirmed by the unanimous rejoicings of the people,
and the free concurrence of the armies on the confines of Germany
and the banks of the Danube. The noble and independent behaviour of
Trajan evinced the propriety and goodness of Nerva’s choice, and the
attachment of the legions; and the new emperor seemed calculated to
ensure peace and domestic tranquillity to the extensive empire of
Rome. All the actions of Trajan showed a good and benevolent prince,
whose virtues truly merited the encomiums which the pen of an elegant
and courteous panegyrist has paid. The barbarians continued quiet,
and the hostilities which they generally displayed at the election of
a new emperor whose military abilities they distrusted, were now few.
Trajan, however, could not behold with satisfaction and unconcern the
insolence of the Dacians, who claimed from the Roman people a tribute
which the cowardice of Domitian had offered. The sudden appearance
of the emperor on the frontiers awed the barbarians to peace; but
Decebalus, their warlike monarch, soon began hostilities by violating
the treaty. The emperor entered the enemy’s country, by throwing a
bridge across the rapid stream of the Danube, and a battle was fought
in which the slaughter was so great, that in the Roman camp linen
was wanted to dress the wounds of the soldiers. Trajan obtained the
victory, and Decebalus, despairing of success, destroyed himself,
and Dacia became a province of Rome. That the ardour of the Roman
soldiers in defeating their enemies might not cool, an expedition was
undertaken into the east, and Parthia threatened with immediate war.
Trajan passed through the submissive kingdom of Armenia, and, by his
well-directed operations, made himself master of the provinces of
Assyria and Mesopotamia. He extended his conquests in the east, he
obtained victories over unknown nations; and when on the extremities
of India, he lamented that he possessed not the vigour and youth of
an Alexander, that he might add unexplored provinces and kingdoms
to the Roman empire. These successes in different parts of the
world gained applause, and the senators were profuse in the honours
they decreed to the conqueror. This, however, was but the blaze of
transient glory. Trajan had no sooner signified his intentions of
returning to Italy, than the conquered barbarians appeared again
in arms, and the Roman empire did not acquire one single acre of
territory from the conquests of her sovereign in the east. The return
of the emperor towards Rome was hastened by indisposition; he stopped
in Cilicia, and in the town of Selinus, which afterwards was called
Trajanopolis, he was seized with a flux, and a few days after expired,
in the beginning of August, A.D. 117, after a reign of 19 years, six
months, and 15 days, in the 64th year of his age. He was succeeded
on the throne by Adrian, whom the empress Plotina introduced to the
Roman armies, as the adopted son of her husband. The ashes of Trajan
were carried to Rome, and deposited under the stately column which
he had erected a few years before. Under this emperor the Romans
enjoyed tranquillity, and for a moment supposed that their prosperity
was complete under a good and virtuous sovereign. Trajan was fond
of popularity, and he merited it. The sounding titles of Optimus,
and the father of his country, were not unworthily bestowed upon
a prince who was equal to the greatest generals of antiquity, and
who, to indicate his affability, and his wish to listen to the
just complaints of his subjects, distinguished his palace by the
inscription of _the public palace_. Like other emperors, he did
not receive with an air of unconcern the homage of his friends, but
rose from his seat and went cordially to salute them. He refused
the statues which the flattery of favourites wished to erect to him,
and he ridiculed the follies of an enlightened nation, that could
pay adoration to cold, inanimate pieces of marble. His public entry
into Rome gained him the hearts of the people; he appeared on foot,
and showed himself an enemy to parade and an ostentatious equipage.
When in his camp, he exposed himself to the fatigues of war,
like the meanest soldier, and crossed the most barren deserts and
extensive plains on foot, and in his dress and food displayed all
the simplicity which once gained the approbation of the Romans in
their countryman Fabricius. All the oldest soldiers he knew by their
own name; he conversed with them with great familiarity, and never
retired to his tent before he had visited the camp, and by a personal
attendance convinced himself of the vigilance and the security of his
army. As a friend he was not less distinguished than as a general.
He had a select number of intimates, whom he visited with freedom
and openness, and at whose tables he partook many a moderate repast
without form or ceremony. His confidence, however, in the good
intentions of others, was, perhaps, carried to excess. His favourite
Sura had once been accused of attempts upon his life, but Trajan
disregarded the informer, and as he was that same day invited to
the house of the supposed conspirator, he went thither early. To try
further the sincerity of Sura, he ordered himself to be shaved by his
barber, to have a medicinal application made to his eyes by the hand
of his surgeon, and to bathe together with him. The public works of
Trajan are also celebrated; he opened free and easy communications
between the cities of his provinces, he planted many colonies, and
furnished Rome with all the corn and provisions which could prevent
a famine in the time of calamity. It was by his directions that the
architect Apollodorus built that celebrated column which is still
to be seen at Rome, under the name of Trajan’s column. The area on
which it stands was made by the labours of men, and the height of
the pillar proves that a large hill, 144 feet high, was removed at a
great expense, A.D. 114, to commemorate the victories of the reigning
prince. His persecutions of the christians were stopped by the
interference of the humane Pliny, but he was unusually severe upon
the Jews, who had barbarously murdered 200,000 of his subjects, and
even fed upon the flesh of the dead. His vices have been obscurely
seen through a reign of continued splendour and popularity, yet he
is accused of incontinence and many unnatural indulgencies. He was
too much addicted to drinking, and his wish to be styled lord has
been censured by those who admired the dissimulated moderation and
the modest claims of an Augustus. _Pliny_, _Panegyrics_, &c.――_Dio
Cassius._――_Eutropius._――_Ammianus._――_Spartian._――_Josephus_,
_Jewish Wars_.――_Aurelius Victor._――――The father of the emperor, who
likewise bore the name of Trajan, was honoured with the consulship
and a triumph, and the rank of a patrician by the emperor Vespasian.
――――A general of the emperor Valens.――――A son of the emperor Decius.
=Trajectus Rheni=, now _Utrecht_, the capital of one of the provinces
of Holland.
=Tralles=, a town of _Lydia_, now _Sultanhisar_. _Juvenal_, satire 3,
li. 70.――_Livy_, bk. 37, ch. 45.――――A people of Illyricum.
=Transtiberīna=, a part of the city of Rome, on one side of the
Tiber. Mount Vatican was in that part of the city. _Martial_, bk. 1,
ltr. 109.
=Trapēzus=, a city of Pontus, built by the people of Sinope, now called
_Trebizond_. It had a celebrated harbour on the Euxine sea, and
became famous under the emperors of the eastern empire, of which it
was for some time the magnificent capital. _Tacitus_, _Histories_,
bk. 3, ch. 47.――_Pliny_, bk. 6, ch. 4.――――A town of Arcadia near the
Alpheus. It received its name from a son of Lycaon. _Apollodorus_,
bk. 3, ch. 8.
=Trasimenus.= _See:_ Thrasymenus.
=Trasullus=, a man who taught Tiberius astrology at Rhodes, &c.
=Traulus Montānus=, a Roman knight, one of Messalina’s favourites, put
to death by Claudius. _Tacitus_, _Annals_, bk. 11, ch. 36.
=Treba=, a town of the Æqui. _Pliny_, bk. 3, ch. 12.
=Caius Trebātius Testas=, a man banished by Julius Cæsar for following
the interest of Pompey, and recalled by the eloquence of Cicero.
He was afterwards reconciled to Cæsar. Trebatius was not less
distinguished for his learning than for his integrity, his military
experience, and knowledge of law. He wrote nine books on religious
ceremonies, and treatises on civil law; and the verses that he
composed proved him a poet of no inferior consequence. _Horace_,
bk. 2, satire 1, li. 4.
=Trebelliānus Caius Annius=, a pirate who proclaimed himself emperor
of Rome, A.D. 264. He was defeated and slain in Isauria, by the
lieutenants of Gallienus.
=Trebelliēnus Rufus=, a pretor appointed governor of the children
of king Cotys, by Tiberius.――――A tribune who opposed the Gabinian
law.――――A Roman who numbered the inhabitants of Gaul. He was made
governor of Britain. _Tacitus_, _Annals_, bk. 6, ch. 39.
=Trebellius Pollio=, a Latin historian, who wrote an account of the
lives of the emperors. The beginning of this history is lost; part
of the reign of Valerian, and the life of the two Gallieni, with the
30 tyrants, are the only fragments remaining. He flourished A.D. 305.
=Trĕbia=, a river of Cisalpine Gaul, rising in the Apennines, and
falling into the Po, at the west of Placentia. It is celebrated for
the victory which Annibal obtained there over the forces of Lucius
Sempronius the Roman consul. _Silius Italicus_, bk. 4, li. 486.
――_Lucan_, bk. 2, li. 46.――_Livy_, bk. 21, chs. 54 & 56.――――A town of
Latium. _Livy_, bk. 2, ch. 39.――――Of Campania. _Livy_, bk. 23, ch. 14.
――――Of Umbria. _Pliny_, bk. 3, ch. 14.
=Trebius=, an officer in Cæsar’s army in Gaul.――――A parasite in
Domitian’s reign. _Juvenal_, satire 4.
=Trĕbōnia lex=, _de provinciis_, by Lucius Trebonius the tribune, A.U.C.
698. It gave Cæsar the chief command in Gaul for five years longer
than was enacted by the Vatinian law, and in this manner prevented
the senators from recalling or superseding him.――――Another, by the
same, on the same year, conferred the command of the provinces of
Syria and Spain on Cassius and Pompey for five years. _Dio Cassius_,
bk. 39.――――Another, by Lucius Trebonius the tribune, A.U.C. 305,
which confirmed the election of the tribunes in the hands of the
Roman people. _Livy_, bks. 3 & 5.
=Trĕbōnius=, a soldier remarkable for his continence, &c.――――Caius, one
of Cæsar’s friends, made through his interest pretor and consul. He
was afterwards one of his benefactor’s murderers. He was killed by
Dolabella at Smyrna. _Cæsar_, _Gallic War_, bk. 5, ch. 17.――_Cicero_,
_Philippics_, bk. 11, ch. 2.――_Paterculus_, bks. 56 & 69.――_Livy_,
bk. 119.――_Dio Cassius_, bk. 47.――_Horace_, bk. 1, satire 4, li. 14.
――――Garucianus, a governor of Africa, who put to death the proconsul
Clodius Macer, by Galba’s orders. _Tacitus_, _Histories_, bk. 1,
ch. 7.――――A tribune who proposed a law at Rome, and imprisoned Cato,
because he opposed it.――――One of the adherents of Marius.――――A man
caught in adultery, and severely punished in the age of Horace.
=Trebŭla=, a town of the Sabines, celebrated for cheese. The
inhabitants were called Trebulani. _Cicero_, _On the Agrarian
Law_, bk. 2, ch. 25.――_Livy_, bk. 23.――_Pliny_, bk. 3, chs. 5 & 12.
――_Martial_, bk. 5, ltr. 72.――――Another, in Campania. _Livy_, bk. 23,
ch. 39.
=Trerus=, a river of Latium, falling into the Liris.
=Tres Tabernæ=, a place on the Appian road, where travellers took
refreshment. _Cicero_, _Letters to Atticus_, bk. 1, ltr. 13; bk. 2,
ltrs. 10 & 11.
=Trevĕri=, a town and people of Belgium, now called _Triers_. _Mela_,
bk. 3, ch. 2.
=Triaria=, a woman well known for her cruelty. She was the wife of
Lucius Vitellius. _Tacitus_, _Histories_, bks. 1 & 3.
=Caius Triarius=, an orator commended by Cicero.――――A friend of Pompey.
He had for some time the care of the war in Asia against Mithridates,
whom he defeated, and by whom he was afterwards beaten. He was killed
in the civil wars of Pompey and Cæsar. _Cæsar_, _Civil War_, bk. 3,
ch. 5.
=Triballi=, a people of Thrace, or, according to some, of Lower Mœsia.
They were conquered by Philip the father of Alexander; and some ages
after, they maintained a long war against the Roman emperors. _Pliny._
=Triboci=, a people of Alsace in Gaul. _Tacitus_, _Germania_, ch. 28.
=Tribulium=, a town of Dalmatia.
=Tribūni Plebis=, magistrates at Rome, created in the year ♦A.U.C. 261,
when the people after a quarrel with the senators had retired to Mons
Sacer. The two first were Caius Licinius and Lucius Albinius, but
their number was soon after raised to five, and 37 years after to 10,
which remained fixed. Their office was annual, and as the first had
been created on the 4th of the ides of December, that day was ever
after chosen for the election. Their power, though at first small,
and granted by the patricians to appease the momentary seditions
of the populace, soon became formidable, and the senators repented
too late of having consented to elect magistrates, who not only
preserved the rights of the people, but could summon assemblies,
propose laws, stop the consultations of the senate, and even
abolish their decrees by the word _Veto_. Their approbation was
also necessary to confirm the _senatus consulta_, and this was done
by affixing the letter T under it. If any irregularity happened
in the state, their power was almost absolute; they criticized the
conduct of all the public magistrates, and even dragged a consul
to prison, if the measures he pursued were hostile to the peace
of Rome. The dictator alone was their superior, but when that
magistrate was elected, the office of tribune was not, like that
of all other inferior magistrates, abolished while he continued at
the head of the state. The people paid them so much deference, that
their person was held sacred, and thence they were always called
_Sacrosancti_. To strike them was a capital crime, and to interrupt
them while they spoke in the assemblies, called for the immediate
interference of power. The marks by which they were distinguished
from other magistrates were not very conspicuous. They wore no
particular dress, only a beadle called _viator_ marched before them.
They never sat in the senate, though, some time after, their office
entitled them to the rank of senators. Yet, great as their power
might appear, they received a heavy wound from their number, and as
their consultations and resolutions were of no effect if they were
not all unanimous, the senate often took advantage of their avarice,
and by gaining one of them by bribes, they, as it were, suspended
the authority of the rest. The office of tribune of the people,
though at first deemed mean and servile, was afterwards one of
the first steps that led to more honourable employments, and as
no patrician was permitted to canvass for the tribuneship, we find
many that descended among the plebeians to exercise that important
office. From the power with which they were at last invested by the
activity, the intrigues, and continual applications of those who
were in office, they became almost absolute in the state, and it
has been properly observed, that they caused far greater troubles
than those which they were at first created to silence. Sylla,
when raised to the dictatorship, gave a fatal blow to the authority
of the tribunes, and by one of his decrees, they were no longer
permitted to harangue and inflame the people; they could make
no laws; no appeal lay to their tribunal; and such as had been
tribunes were not permitted to solicit for the other offices of
the state. This disgrace, however, was but momentary; at the death
of the tyrant the tribunes recovered their privileges by means of
Cotta and Pompey the Great. The office of tribune remained in full
force till the age of Augustus, who, to make himself more absolute,
and his person sacred, conferred the power and office upon himself,
whence he was called _tribunitiâ potestate donatus_. His successors
on the throne imitated his example, and as the emperor was the
real and official tribune, such as were appointed to the office
were merely nominal without power or privilege. Under Constantine
the tribuneship was totally abolished. The tribunes were never
permitted to sleep out of the city, except at the _Feriæ Latinæ_,
when they went with other magistrates to offer sacrifices upon
a mountain near Alba. Their houses were always open, and they
received every complaint, and were ever ready to redress the wrongs
of their constituents. Their authority was not extended beyond the
walls of the city.――――There were also other officers who bore the
name of tribunes, such as the _tribuni militum_ or _militares_,
who commanded a division of the legions. They were empowered to
decide all quarrels that might arise in the army; they took care of
the camp, and gave the watchword. There were only three at first,
chosen by Romulus, but the number was at last increased to six in
every legion. After the expulsion of the Tarquins, they were chosen
by the consuls; but afterwards the right of electing them was
divided between the people and the consuls. They were generally
of senatorian and equestrian families, and the former were called
_laticlavii_, and the latter _angusticlavii_, from their peculiar
dress. Those that were chosen by the consuls were called _Rutuli_,
because the right of the consuls to elect them was confirmed by
Rutulus, and those elected by the people were called _Comitiati_,
because chosen in the Comitia. They wore a golden ring, and were
in office no longer than six months. When the consuls were elected,
it was usual to choose 14 tribunes from the knights, who had served
five years in the army, and who were called _juniores_, and 10 from
the people who had been in 10 campaigns, who were called _seniores_.
――――There were also some officers called _tribuni militum consulari
potestate_, elected instead of consuls, A.U.C. 310. They were only
three originally, but the number was afterwards increased to six
or more, according to the will and pleasure of the people and the
emergencies of the state. Part of them were plebeians, and the rest
of patrician families. When they had subsisted for about 70 years,
not without some interruption, the office was totally abolished,
as the plebeians were admitted to share the consulship, and
the consuls continued at the head of the state till the end of
the commonwealth.――――The _tribuni cohortium prætorianarum_ were
entrusted with the person of the emperor, which they guarded and
protected.――――The _tribuni ærarii_ were officers chosen from among
the people, who kept the money which was to be applied to defray
the expenses of the army. The richest persons were always chosen,
as much money was requisite for the pay of the soldiers. They
were greatly distinguished in the state, and they shared with the
senators and Roman knights the privileges of judging. They were
abolished by Julius Cæsar, but Augustus re-established them, and
created 200 more, to decide causes of smaller importance.――――The
_tribuni celerum_ had the command of the guard which Romulus
chose for the safety of his person. They were 100 in number,
distinguished for their probity, their opulence, and their nobility.
――――The _tribuni voluptatum_ were commissioned to take care
of the amusements which were prepared for the people, and that
nothing might be wanting in the exhibitions. This office was also
honourable.
♦ ‘U.C.’ replaced with ‘A.U.C.’
=Tricala=, a fortified place at the south of Sicily, between Selinus
and Agrigentum. _Silius Italicus_, bk. 14, li. 271.
=Tricasses=, a people of Champagne in Gaul.
=Tricastīni=, a people of Gallia Narbonensis. _Silius Italicus_, bk. 3,
li. 466.――_Livy_, bk. 21, ch. 31.
=Triccæ=, a town of Thessaly, where Æsculapius had a temple. The
inhabitants went to the Trojan war. _Livy_, bk. 32, ch. 13.――_Homer_,
_Iliad_.――_Pliny_, bk. 4, ch. 8.
=Trichonium=, a town of Ætolia.
=Tricipitinus.= _See:_ Lucretius.
=Triclaria=, a yearly festival celebrated by the inhabitants of three
cities in Ionia, to appease the anger of Diana _Triclaria_, whose
temple had been defiled by the adulterous commerce of Menalippus
and Cometho. It was usual to sacrifice a boy and a girl, but this
barbarous custom was abolished by Eurypilus. The three cities were
Aroe, Messatis, and Anthea, whose united labours had erected the
temple of the goddess. _Pausanias_, bk. 7, ch. 19.
=Tricorii=, a people of Gaul, now _Dauphiné_. _Livy_, bk. 21, ch. 31.
=Tricorythus=, a town of Attica.
=Tricrēna=, a place of Arcadia, where, according to some, Mercury was
born. _Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 16.
=Tridentum=, a town of Cisalpine Gaul, now called _Trent_, and famous
in history for the ecclesiastical council which sat there 18 years to
regulate the affairs of the church, A.D. 1545.
=Trieterīca=, festivals in honour of Bacchus celebrated every three
years. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 4, li. 302.
=Tripānum=, a place of Latium near Sinuessa. _Livy_, bk. 8, ch. 11.
=Tripolīnus=, a mountain of Campania famous for wine. _Martial_, bk. 13,
ltr. 104.――_Pliny_, bk. 14, ch. 7.
=Trigemĭna=, one of the Roman gates, so called because the three
Horatii went through it against the Curiatii. _Livy_, bk. 4, ch. 16;
bk. 35, ch. 41; bk. 40, ch. 51.
=Trinăcria=, or =Trinăcris=, one of the ancient names of Sicily from
its triangular form. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 3, li. 384, &c.
=Trinium=, a river of Italy falling into the Adriatic.
=Trinobantes=, a people of Britain in modern Essex and Middlesex.
_Tacitus_, _Annals_, bk. 14, ch. 31.――_Cæsar_, _Gallic War_, bk. 5,
ch. 20.
=Triocăla=, or =Triocla=, a town in the southern parts of Sicily.
_Silius Italicus_, bk. 14, li. 271.
=Triŏpas=, or =Triops=, a son of Neptune by Canace the daughter of
Æolus. He was father of Iphimedia and of Erisichthon, who is called
on that account _Triopeius_, and his daughter _Triopeia_. _Ovid_,
_Metamorphoses_, bk. 8, li. 754.――_Apollodorus_, bk. 1, ch. 7.――――A
son of Phorbas, father to Agenor, Jasus, and Messene. _Homer_, _Hymn
3 to Apollo_, li. 211.――――A son of Piranthus.
=Triphȳlia=, one of the ancient names of Elis. _Livy_, bk. 28, ch. 8.
――――A mountain where Jupiter had a temple in the island Panchaia,
whence he is called _Triphylius_.
=Triopium=, a town of Caria.
=Tripŏlis=, an ancient town of Phœnicia, built by the liberal
contribution of Tyre, Sidon, and Aradus, whence the name.――――A town
of Pontus.――――A district of Arcadia,――――of Laconia. _Livy_, bk. 35,
ch. 27.――――Of Thessaly, _Livy_, bk. 42, ch. 53.――――A town of Lydia or
Caria.――――A district of Africa between the Syrtes.
♦=Trīptŏlĕmus=, a son of Oceanus and Terra, or, according to some, of
Trochilus, a priest of Argos. According to the more received opinion
he was son of Celeus king of Attica by Neræa, whom some have called
Metanira, Cothonea, Hyona, Melani, or Polymnia. He was born at
Eleusis in Attica, and was cured in his youth of a severe illness by
the care of Ceres, who had been invited into the house of Celeus, by
the monarch’s children, as she travelled over the country in quest
of her daughter. To repay the kindness of Celeus, the goddess took
particular notice of his son. She fed him with her own milk, and
placed him on burning coals during the night, to destroy whatever
particles of mortality he had received from his parents. The mother
was astonished at the uncommon growth of her son, and she had the
curiosity to watch Ceres. She disturbed the goddess by a sudden cry,
when Triptolemus was laid on the burning ashes, and as Ceres was
therefore unable to make him immortal, she taught him agriculture,
and rendered him serviceable to mankind, by instructing him how to
sow corn, and make bread. She also gave him her chariot, which was
drawn by two dragons, and in this celestial vehicle he travelled all
over the earth, and distributed corn to all the inhabitants of the
world. In Scythia the favourite of Ceres nearly lost his life; but
Lyncus the king of the country, who had conspired to murder him, was
changed into a lynx. At his return to Eleusis, Triptolemus restored
Ceres her chariot, and established the Eleusinian festivals and
mysteries in honour of the deity. He reigned for some time, and
after death received divine honours. Some suppose that he accompanied
Bacchus in his Indian expedition. _Diodorus._――_Hyginus_, fable 147.
――_Pausanias_, bk. 2, ch. 14; bk. 8, ch. 4.――_Justin_, bk. 2, ch. 6.
――_Apollodorus_, bk. 1, ch. 5.――_Callimachus_, _Hymn to Demeter_,
li. 22.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 5, li. 646; _Fasti_, bk. 4,
li. 501; _Tristia_, bk. 3, poem 8, li. 1.
♦ ‘Trīppŏlĕmus’ replaced with ‘Trīptŏlĕmus’
=Triquĕtra=, a name given to Sicily by the Latins, for its triangular
form. _Lucretius_, bk. 1, li. 78.
=Trismegistus=, a famous Egyptian. _See:_ Mercurius.
=Tritia=, a daughter of the river Triton, mother of Menalippus by Mars.
――――A town in Achaia, built by her son, bore her name. _Pausanias_,
bk. 7, ch. 22.
=Tritogenia=, a surname of Pallas. _Hesiod._――_Festus_, _Lexicon of
Festus_.
=Triton=, a sea deity, son of Neptune by Amphitrite, or, according
to some, by Celeno, or Salacia. He was very powerful among the sea
deities, and could calm the ocean and abate storms at pleasure. He
is generally represented as blowing a shell. His body above the waist
is like that of a man, and below a dolphin. Some represent him with
the fore feet of a horse. Many of the sea deities are called Tritons,
but the name is generally applied to those only who are half men
and half fishes. _Apollodorus_, bk. 1, ch. 4.――_Hesiod_, _Theogony_,
li. 930.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 1, li. 333.――_Cicero_, _de
Natura Deorum_, bk. 1, ch. 28.――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 1, li. 148;
bk. 6, li. 173.――_Pausanias_, bk. 9, ch. 20.――――A river of Africa
falling into the lake Tritonis.――――One of the names of the Nile.――――A
small river of Bœotia, or Thessaly.
=Tritōnis=, a lake and river of Africa, near which Minerva had a temple,
whence she is surnamed _Tritonis_, or _Tritonia_. _Herodotus_, bk. 4,
ch. 178.――_Pausanias_, bk. 9, ch. 33.――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 2,
li. 171.――_Mela_, bk. 1, ch. 7.――――Athens is also called _Tritonis_,
because dedicated to Minerva.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 5.
=Tritonon=, a town of Doris. _Livy_, bk. 28, ch. 7.
=Triventum=, a town of the Samnites.
=Trivia=, a surname given to Diana, because she presided over all
places where three roads met. At the new moon the Athenians offered
her sacrifices, and a sumptuous entertainment, which was generally
distributed among the poor. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 6, li. 13; bk. 7,
li. 774.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 2, li. 416; _Fasti_, bk. 1,
li. 389.
=Triviæ antrum=, a place in the valley of Aricia, where the nymph
Egeria resided. _Martial_, bk. 6, ltr. 47.
=Triviæ lucus=, a place of Campania, in the bay of Cumæ. _Virgil_,
_Æneid_, bk. 6, li. 13.
=Trivīcum=, a town in the country of the Hirpini in Italy. _Horace_,
bk. 1, satire 5, li. 79.