Torquāta, one of the vestal virgins, daughter of Caius Silanus. She was a vestal for 64 years. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 3, ch. 69.
Torquātus, a surname of Titus Manlius. See: [Manlius].——Silanus, an officer put to death by Nero.——A governor of Oricum, in the interest of Pompey. He surrendered to Julius Cæsar, and was killed in Africa. Hirtius, Africican War, ch. 96.——An officer in Sylla’s army.——A Roman sent ambassador to the court of Ptolemy Philometor of Egypt.
Tortor, a surname of Apollo. He had a statue at Rome under that name.
Torus, a mountain of Sicily, near Agrigentum.
Toryne, a small town near Actium. The word in the language of the country signifies a ladle, which gave Cleopatra occasion to make a pun when it fell into the hands of Augustus. Plutarch, Antonius.
Toxandri, a people of Gallia Belgica. Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 7.
Toxaridia, a festival at Athens, in honour of Toxaris, a Scythian hero who died there.
Toxeus, a son of Œneus, killed by his father. Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 8.
Toxicrăte, a daughter of Thespius.
Quintus Trabea, a comic poet at Rome, in the age of Regulus. Some fragments of his poetry remain. Cicero, Tusculanæ Disputationes, bk. 4, ch. 31; de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, bk. 2, ch. 4.