One of the larger islands in the northern part of the Ægean
Sea, lying opposite the Trojan coast. It was anciently
associated with Samothrace and Imbros in the mysterious
worship of the Cabeiri.
LEMOVICES, The.
The Lemovices were a tribe of Gauls who occupied, in Cæsar's
time, the territory afterwards known as the Limousin
—department of Upper Vienne and parts adjoining.
_Napoleon III.,
History of Cæsar,
book 3, chapter 2, foot-note._
The city of Limoges derived its existence and its name from
the Lemovices.
LEMOVII, The.
A tribe in ancient Germany whose territory, on the Baltic
coast, probably in the neighborhood of Danzig, bordered on
that of the Gothones.
_Church and Brodribb,
Geographical Notes to the Germany of Tacitus._
LENAPE, The.
See AMERICAN ABORIGINES: DELAWARES.
LENS, Siege and battle (1647-1648).
See NETHERLANDS (SPANISH PROVINCES): A. D. 1647-1648.
LENTIENSES, The.
See ALEMANNI: A. D. 213.
LEO I., Roman Emperor (Eastern), A. D. 457-474.
Leo II., Pope, 682-683.
Leo II., Roman Emperor (Eastern), 474.
Leo III., Pope, 795-816.
Leo III. (called The Isaurian),
Emperor in the East (Byzantine, or Greek),717-741.
Leo IV., Pope, 847-855.
Leo IV., Emperor in the East
(Byzantine, or Greek), 775-780.
Leo V., Pope, 903, October to December.
Leo V., Emperor in the East
(Byzantine, or Greek), 813-820.
Leo VI., Pope, 928-929.
Leo VI., Emperor in the East
(Byzantine, or Greek), 886-911.
Leo VII., Pope, 936-939.
Leo VIII., Anti-pope, 963-965.
Leo IX., Pope, 1049-1054.
Leo X., Pope, 1513-1521.
Leo XI., Pope, 1605, April 2-27.
Leo XII., Pope, 1823-1829.
Leo XIII., Pope, 1878.
LEOBEN, Preliminary treaty of (1797).
See FRANCE: A.D. 1796-1797 (OCTOBER-APRIL).