Vetera castra, a Roman encampment in Germany, which became a town, now Sanlen, near Cleves. Tacitus, Histories, bk. 4, ch. 18; Annals, bk. 1, ch. 45.
Vettius Spurius, a Roman senator who was made interrex at the death of Romulus, till the election of another king. He nominated Numa, and resigned his office. Plutarch, Numa.——A man who accused Cæsar of being concerned in Catiline’s conspiracy.——Cato, one of the officers of the allies in the Marsian war. He defeated the Romans, and was at last betrayed and murdered.——A Roman knight who became enamoured of a young female at Capua, and raised a tumult among the slaves who proclaimed him king. He was betrayed by one of his adherents, upon which he laid violent hands upon himself.
Vettona, a town of Umbria. Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 14.
Vettōnes, Vetones, or Vectones, an ancient nation of Spain. Silius Italicus, bk. 3, li. 378.—Pliny, bk. 25, ch. 8.
Vetulōnia, one of the chief cities of Etruria, whose hot waters were famous. The Romans were said to derive the badges of their magisterial offices from thence. Pliny, bk. 2, ch. 103; bk. 3, ch. 3.—Silius Italicus, bk. 8, li. 484.
Vetūria, one of the Roman tribes, divided into two branches of the Junii and Senii. It received its name from the Veturian family, which was originally called Vetusian. Livy, bk. 36.——The mother of Coriolanus. She was solicited by all the Roman matrons to go to her son with her daughter-in-law, and entreat him not to make war against his country. She went and prevailed over Coriolanus, and for her services to the state, the Roman senate offered to reward her as she pleased. She only asked to raise a temple to the goddess of female fortune, which was done on the very spot where she had pacified her son. Livy, bk. 2, ch. 40.—Dionysius of Halicarnassus, bk. 7, &c.
Veturius, a Roman artist who made shields for Numa. See: [Mamurius].——Caius, a Roman consul, accused before the people, and fined because he had acted with imprudence while in office.——A Roman who conspired against Galba. Tacitus, Histories, bk. 1, ch. 25.——A consul appointed one of the decemvirs.——Another consul defeated by the Samnites, and obliged to pass under the yoke with great ignominy.——A tribune of the people, &c.
Lucius Vetus, a Roman who proposed to open a communication between the Mediterranean and the German ocean by means of a canal. He was put to death by order of Nero.——A man accused of adultery, &c.
Ufens, a river of Italy near Tarracina. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 7, li. 892.——Another river of Picenum. Livy, bk. 5, ch. 35.——A prince who assisted Turnus against Æneas. The Trojan monarch made a vow to sacrifice his four sons to appease the manes of his friend Pallas, in the same manner as Achilles is represented killing some Trojan youths on the tomb of Patroclus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 7, li. 745; bk. 10, li. 518. He was afterwards killed by Gyas. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 12, li. 460.
Ufentina, a Roman tribe first created A.U.C. 435, with the tribe Falerina, in consequence of the great increase of population at Rome. Livy, bk. 9, ch. 20.—Festus.