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The dwelling of Circe, AEANE. Her tomb, PHARMACUSA. Circe is the enchantress from Homer's Odyssey.
Lake Circknitz, LUGEUM. Known today as Lake Cerknica in Slovenia, famous for its seasonal disappearance.
Cissindria, CENTRONES.
A passage of Claudian explained, FRIGIDUS, URBEM, and TITAN. Claudius Claudianus was a late Roman court poet.
The key of Egypt, PELUSIUM.
Cleander the seer, PHIGASEUM.
Cleanthes the philosopher, LYSIUM.
Clement of Alexandria is corrected, EVENITAE, and GERMANES. Critiqued, LYCIA, and LYSIUM. Clement was a prominent 2nd-century Christian theologian.
Cleon the bandit, CALLYDIUM, and IULIOPOLIS.
The palace of Cleopis, DADAI.
Clisthenes of Sicyon, CRISEORUM.
Clusinius the potter, MARGINOS.
Where Gnaeus Carbo fought with the Cimbri, NOREIA.
King Cnopus, LEOPODUM.
Where the best scarlet dye comes from, ANDABASIS. original: "Coccum"
Where shell-fishing occurs, BYBLOS.
Conrad of Lichtenau is critiqued, COMUM. A 13th-century German chronicler also known as Abbot Urspergensis.
King Conrad, ALPHESUM.
Where the plant consiligo grows, NERVESIAE. An ancient medicinal herb, possibly a type of hellebore.
Where Empress Constantia died, GALLICANA Station.
Emperor Constantine the Great, where he was baptized, AQUILO. Where he died, ANCYRONEM. Killed by poison, SOTEROPOLIS.
The homeland of Emperor Copronymus, CABALLA. Referring to Byzantine Emperor Constantine V.
Corbu and Orfua, IBEM.
Where the Corybantes are, SAMOS. Armed priests of the goddess Cybele.
The Corycaean listened, CORYCUS. A reference to the proverb "a Corycaean was listening," meaning someone is eavesdropping.
Losing horns and hair from eating a plant, PHALACRUS.
From which tree the crown in the Olympics is made, PANTHEIUM.
Where white crows are, TRIGLYPTON. To hunt with the help of crows, ERIZENA.
Cosingas, leader and priest, SCAEBAE.
The palaces of King Khosrow, BECLAM, DAMASTAGAR, and DYSTAGERDA. Khosrow II was a Great King of the Sasanian Empire.
Cranaus, King of the Athenians, LAMPRAE.
Crane the nymph, HELERNI.
Craterus used to hunt with the help of crows, ERIZENA.
Crescens the bishop, CHALCEDON.
Cresconius, BULLA Regia, and NICE.
The cautious response of Crispus, VISSELLIA.
Where crocodiles and dolphins are, DYARDENES.
Where the best saffron is produced, CORYCUS.
The treasure of King Croesus, GAZACUM, and THEBARMA.
What "Croia" signifies to the people of Epirus, ANTIGONIA.
Cronius the bishop, METOLE.
Who the Cruppellarii were, GAVALAE. Gladiators armored from head to foot, used among the Gauls.
Ctesias must be corrected from Pliny, or Pliny from Ctesias, HYPOBARUM. Ctesias was a Greek physician and historian of Persia and India.
Where wild gnats are, ARRHATA. Men driven out by gnats, MYUS.
Where coral is born, HELIA.
Curtius Thalassus burned, ARDA.
The author does not agree with Cuspisiano, PHILARCHI. Johannes Cuspisinianus was an Austrian scholar and diplomat.
Where Cycnus reigned, CYCNITIS, and METORENSIVM.
Cymatbius the bishop, BVLTVS, and TARADVS.
Where the cumin plant grows, TERENTIA.
Where Cimon died, CYTHIVM. An Athenian statesman and general.
Dog-headed men, MVNITIA. original: "Cynocephali"
The birthday of Saint Cyprian, MARCILIANVM. The place of his martyrdom, SEXTI.
Where King Cyrus was killed, MESANGIA.
Cyzicene marble, PROCONNESVS.
Cyzicus the hero, PERICTIONES.
The city of Chernihiv, HYPACYRIS. original: "Czernigo"
D. substituted for the letter L., MELICAS.
King Dagobert, RIGODVLVM. His place of burial, BINDIONVM.
Pope Damasus, VIMARENSE.
Dares the Phrygian is purged of errors, ALCEDO, AUZONIVM, and FLICONEA. Dares Phrygius was the supposed author of a history of the Trojan War.
"Dava" signifies a city in the language of the Getae, DOCIRAVA. The Getae were ancient Thracian tribes.
Where King David prepared his fleet, ACHANIS. Where his wife came from, ABESAR.
The Daulian bird, ITYS. In mythology, this refers to the nightingale or swallow.
Daufas the bishop, ZABDÆA.
King Decebalus, SARGETIA. The last king of Dacia.
Where Emperor Decius fell, ABRITTVM, and the Altar of Decius.
The Delco fish, DELCON.
Demacles the orator, AMPHIPOLIS.
The homeland of Democritus, ABDERA.
What a "Demos" is, ERCHIA. A subdivision or suburb of ancient Attica.
Where Demosthenes ended his life, CALAVRIA.
A spring that promotes the strength of teeth, ORAXVS.
The goddess Derceto, BAMBYCA.
Deriades, King of India, LARES, GERIA, SIBÆ, and ZABII.
The descent to the Underworld, HERACLEA, and TÆNARIA.
King Desiderius defeated, MORTARIA. The last king of the Lombards.
Where Deucalion took the stones from, AGDVS. In myth, Deucalion and Pyrrha repopulated the earth by throwing stones over their shoulders.
The Deacon is purged of errors, FALCONENSEM.
Diadochus the bishop, PHOTICA.
Where Diana first hunted, AGRA. Amarysian Diana, ATHMONVM. Perasian Diana, CASTABALA.
Daphnean Diana, HYPSVS. Where they worship her in the form of unworked wood, CARII. Pisaean Diana, PISAVM.
A passage of Dictys of Crete is noted, CAPRAS, and GEBRENI. Corrected, IALYSVS, and MARISBA. Dictys of Crete was the legendary companion of Idomeneus during the Trojan War.
A passage of the Digests is corrected, ZERNENSIVM. The Digests were a collection of Roman legal opinions.
The immortal gods use their own names for things, BATIEIA, EVBOEA, PLANCTÆ, TENEDOS, TYPHONIS, and XANTHVS.
A city consumed by a flood, LOCOZVS.
The city of Dingolfing, TIBERINA Castra.
Diodorus Siculus is purged of errors, ALGIDVM, AMAXITVS, ASCALANI, BOIVM, CLVSIVM, EBVSVS, FILISCVM, FRETOMANORVM, LVCEA, LORYMA, NISSÆA, PACTOLVS, PHALERNA, SARDIANA, TARENTVM, TYRRHÆORVM, and VERREGINVM. Noted, PRASIANA, SARONIDÆ, and TASCVTINI.
Diogenes the bishop, QVIRENSIS.
The dwelling of Diogenes the Cynic, METROVM.
The birds of Diomedes, SEBRIA. Legendary birds said to inhabit the Diomedean Islands.
Dione the nymph, PALÆSTINA Aqua.
The reading of Dio is preferred over Tacitus, CORBULO’S DITCH. A cited passage, The Monument of DRUSUS.
The burial place of Dionysius, OMPHALOS.
A passage of Dionysius the African is corrected, MARGVS.
An error of Dionysius of Alexandria, CASSITERIDES.
Dioscorides is defended against his own interpreters, OCIMVM, and MEMPHIS. Corrected, LYDIA. Dioscorides was a Greek physician and the author of a famous herbal.
The shrine of the Dioscuri, ANACIVM. The Dioscuri are the twins Castor and Pollux.
Dioscurus the exile, SOINES.
Where Diotimus came from, CARYSIS.
The distance of the strait between the towns of Calais and Dover, ICCIVS.
Dius, son of the king, NVMAGANI.
The tunic of the Lord Savior, HEPHAD, and MARATSEMERE.
The error of Dominicus Niger, NICOMEDIA, and the Stony Fields. Dominicus Niger was a 15th-century Venetian geographer.
Domnes the bishop, SIEMIVM.
Domninus the martyr, IVLIA.
Dorotheus the bishop, ANCHERA.
The dragon, where it is worshipped with divine honors, LAMVSIVM, LANVVIVM, and MELITA.
Dracuntius the bishop, THEBVATVM.
The river Drau, OVILABIS. original: "Drauns"