Remi, a nation of Gaul, whose principal town, Duricortorium, is now Rheims, in the north of Champagne. Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 17.—Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 2, ch. 5.
Remmia lex, de judiciis, was enacted to punish all calumniators. The letter K was marked on their forehead. This law was abolished by Constantine the Great. Cicero, For Quintus Roscius.
Rĕmŭlus, a chief of Tibur, whose arms were seized by the Rutulians, and afterwards became part of the plunder which Euryalus obtained. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 9, li. 360.——A friend of Turnus, trampled to death by his horse, which Orsilochus had wounded. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 11, li. 636, &c.
Rĕmŭlus Sylvius, a king of Alba, destroyed by lightning on account of his impiety. Ovid, Tristia, bk. 4, li. 50.
Remuria, festivals established at Rome by Romulus, to appease the manes of his brother Remus. They were afterwards called Lemuria, and celebrated yearly.
Remus, the brother of Romulus, was exposed, together with him, by the cruelty of his grandfather. In the contest which happened between the two brothers about building a city, Romulus obtained the preference, and Remus, for ridiculing the rising walls, was put to death by his brother’s orders, or by Romulus himself. See: [Romulus]. The Romans were afflicted with a plague after this murder, upon which the oracle was consulted, and the manes of Remus appeased by the institution of the Remuria. Ovid.——One of the auxiliaries of Turnus against Æneas. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 9, li. 330.
Resæna, a town of Mesopotamia, famous for the defeat of Sapor by Gordian.
Resus, a small river of Asia Minor, falling into the Mæander.
Retina, a village near Misenum. Pliny, bk. 6, ltr. 16.
Reudigni, a nation of Germany. Tacitus, Germania, ch. 40.