Septem aquæ, a portion of the lake near Reate. Cicero, bk. 4, Letters to Atticus, ltr. 15.——Fratres, a mountain of Mauritania, now Gebel-Mousa. Strabo, bk. 17.——Maria, the entrance of the seven mouths of the Po.
Septempeda, a town of Picenum.
Septerion, a festival observed once in nine years at Delphi, in honour of Apollo. It was a representation of the pursuit of Python by Apollo, and of the victory obtained by the god.
Titus Septimius, a Roman knight distinguished by his poetical compositions both lyric and tragic. He was intimate with Augustus as well as Horace, who has addressed the sixth of his second book of Odes to him.——A centurion put to death, &c. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 1, ch. 32.——A native of Africa, who distinguished himself at Rome as a poet. He wrote, among other things, a hymn in praise of Janus. Only 11 of his verses are preserved. Marcus Terentius [Varro].—Petrus Crinitus, Lives.
Lucius Septimuleius, a friend of Caius Gracchus. He suffered himself to be bribed by Opimius, and had the meanness to carry his friend’s head fixed to a pole through the streets of Rome.
Sepyra, a town of Cilicia, taken by Cicero when he presided over that province. Cicero, Letters to his Friends, bk. 15, ch. 4.
Sequăna, a river of Gaul, which separates the territories of the Belgæ and the Celtæ, and is now called la Seine. Strabo, bk. 4.—Mela, bk. 3, ch. 2.—Lucan, bk. 1, li. 425.
Sequăni, a people of Gaul near the territories of the Ædui, between the Saone and mount Jura, famous for their wars against Rome, &c. See: [Ædui]. The country which they inhabited is now called Franche Compté, or Upper Burgundy. Cæsar, Gallic War.
Sequinius, a native of Alba, who married one of his daughters to Curiatius of Alba, and the other to Horatius, a citizen of Rome. The two daughters were brought to bed on the same day, each of three male children.
Serapio, a surname given to one of the Scipios, because he resembled a swine-herd of that name.——A Greek poet who flourished in the age of Trajan. He was intimate with Plutarch.——An Egyptian put to death by Achillas, when he came at the head of an embassy from Ptolemy, who was a prisoner in the hands of Julius Cæsar.——A painter. Pliny, bk. 35, ch. 10.