Rhœtius, a mountain of Corsica, now Rosso.
Rhœtus, a king of the Marrubii, who married a woman called Casperia, to whom Archemorus, his son by a former wife, offered violence. After this incestuous attempt, [♦]Archemorus fled to Turnus king of the Rutuli. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 10, li. 388.——A Rutulian killed by Euryalus in the night. Æneid, bk. 9, li. 344.——An Æthiopian killed by Perseus. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 5, li. 38.
[♦] ‘Archemorous’ replaced with ‘Archemorus’
Rhosaces, a Persian killed by Clitus as he was going to stab Alexander at the battle of the Granicus. Curtius, bk. 8, ch. 1.
Rhosus, a town of Syria, on the gulf of Issus, celebrated for its earthen wares. Cicero, bk. 6, Letters to Atticus, ltr. 1.
Rhoxalāni, a people at the north of the Palus Mæotis. Tacitus, Histories, bk. 1, ch. 79.
Rhoxāna, or Roxāna, a mistress of Alexander, daughter of a Persian satrap. See:, [Roxana].
Rhoxāni, a nation against whom Mithridates made war.
Rhutēni and Rhuthēni, a people of Gaul.
Rhyndăcus, a large river of Mysia, in Asia Minor. Pliny, bk. 5, ch. 32.