Turiosa, a town of Spain.
Turius, a corrupt judge in the Augustan age. Horace, bk. 2, satire 1, li. 49.
Turnus, a king of the Rutuli, son of Daunus and Venilia. He made war against Æneas, and attempted to drive him away from Italy, that he might not marry the daughter of Latinus, who had been previously engaged to him. His efforts were attended with no success, though supported with great courage and a numerous army. He was conquered, and at last killed in a single combat by Æneas. He is represented as a man of uncommon strength. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 7, li. 56, &c.—Tibullus, bk. 2, poem 5, li. 49.—Ovid, Fasti, bk. 4, li. 879; Metamorphoses, bk. 14, li. 451.
Turŏnes, a people of Gaul, whose capital, Cæsarodunum, is the modern Tours.
Turpio. See: [Ambivius].
Turrus, a river of Italy falling into the Adriatic.
Turullius, one of Cæsar’s murderers.
Turuntus, a river of Sarmatia, supposed to be the Dwina, or Duna.
Tuscania and Tuscia, a large country at the west of Rome, the same as Etruria. See: [Etruria].
Tusci, the inhabitants of Etruria.——The villa of Pliny the younger near the sources of the Tiber. Pliny, ltrs. 5 & 6.