Vienna, a town of Gallia Narbonensis on the Rhone, below Lyons. Strabo, bk. 1.—Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 7, ch. 9.
Villia lex, annalis or annaria, by Lucius Villius the tribune, A.U.C. 574, defined the proper age required for exercising the office of a magistrate, 25 years for the questorship, 27 or 28 for the edileship or tribuneship, for the office of pretor 30, and for that of consul 43. Livy, bk. 11, ch. 44.
Villius, a tribune of the people, author of the Villian law, and thence called Annalis, a surname borne by his family. Livy, bk. 11, ch. 44.——Publius, a Roman ambassador sent to Antiochus. He held a conference with Annibal, who was at that monarch’s court.——A man who disgraced himself by his criminal amours with the daughter of Sylla. Horace, bk. 1, satire 2, li. 64.
Viminālis, one of the seven hills on which Rome was built, so called from the number of osiers (vimines) which grew there. Servius Tullius first made it part of the city. Jupiter had a temple there, whence he was called Viminalis. Livy, bk. 1, ch. 44.—Varro, de Lingua Latina, bk. 4, ch. 8.
Vinalia, festivals at Rome in honour of Jupiter and Venus.
[♦]Vincentius, one of the christian fathers, A.D. 434, whose works are best edited by Baluzius, Paris, 1669.
[♦] ‘Vicentius’ replaced with ‘Vincentius’
Vincius, a Roman knight, condemned under Nero. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 14, ch. 40.——An officer in Germany.
Vindalius, a writer in the reign of Constantius, who wrote 10 books on agriculture.
Vindelĭci, an ancient people of Germany, between the heads of the Rhine and the Danube. Their country, which was called Vindelicia, forms now part of Swabia and Bavaria, and their chief town, Augusta Vindelicorum, is now [♦]Augsburg. Horace, bk. 4, ode 4, li. 18.