INDEX.

. nver, 114

Acesmes, river, 138

Acrocorinth, the, measurement of the
height of, 337

Actae of Herodotus, 83; compared
with the 'sphragides' of Erato-
sthenes, 181

Aden, 276

Adramyttium, the same name as Ha-
drumetum, 5

Adulis, port of Auxuma, 274

Aegean Sea, Phoenician settlements
in the, 5

Aeneas Tacticus, on signalling sta-
tions, 332; his method of signal-
ling* 334

Aeschylus, on the boundary between
Europe and Asia, 68; on the
meaning of the name Rhegium,
197; Ms description of the fire-
beacons, 328

Aethale (Elba), 73

Aethiopia, expedition of Petronius
into, 224; gold-mines of, 186;
Auxuma the capital of, 274; expe-
ditions of Septimius Flaccus and
Julius Maternus into, 353

Aethiopians, meaning of the name,
a6; mentioned in the Iliad, 26;
more definitely in the Odyssey, 27;
in Herodotus, 93,96; in Agathar-
chides, 204

Aetna, the poem of, 321

Africa, described by Herodotus, 94—
7; its northern coast, 94; its inte-
rior, 95—7; believed to have been
circumnavigated, 99; its southward
projection unknown to Eratosthe-
nes, 182; and to Strabo, 250;
noticed in the4 Periplus Maris Ery-
thraei', 275; and by Ptolemy, 345;
Africa described by Dionysius Pe-
riegetes, 283; later errors about, 367

Agatharchides, his work on the Ery-
thraean Sea, 1855 on the inun-
dation of the Nile, 63; on the
Aethiopian gold-mines, 186—8; on
the fauna of Aethiopia, 201; on
the Ichthyophagi, 203; on the
Aethiopian tribes, 204
Agathodaemon, 345
Agathyrsi, 86
Agisymba, 353
Agricola, his campaigns in Britain,
287; his chain of forts, 288; his
expedition to the Orcades, 288
Agrigentum, 54 j described by Poly-
bius, 212
Agrippa, his wall-map, 236; the ori-
ginal source of the Itineraries, 306;
his roads in Gaul, 236
Alans, first mentioned by Dionysius
Periegetes, 284
Albani, customs of the, £22
Albion, no, 346
Albis (see Elbe) *
Alexander the Great, effects of his
conquests, 122; his political and
social aims, 123; his Eastern ex-
pedition, 125 foil,; its importance
for geography, 123, 124; his death
at Babylon, 141
Alexandria, its importance to geo-
graphy, 14; its Museum and Li-
brary, 145,166; its central position,
a" 5; Strabo's careful description
j «60
Alexandria ad Caucasum, 133, 137
Alexandria Esdhate, 135
Allahabad, 150
Alpheius, river, its disappearance, 10
Alpis, 84
Alps, passes over the, 210; Roman
roads over, 301, 304; Strabo's de-
scription of their features, 315;
estimates of their height, 335