Zarax, a town of Peloponnesus.
Zarbiēnus, a petty monarch of Asia, who was gained to the interest of the Romans by one of the officers of Lucullus. Tigranes put him to death for his desertion, and his funeral was celebrated with great magnificence by the Roman general. Plutarch, Lucullus.
Zariaspes, a Persian who attempted to revolt from Alexander, &c. Curtius, bk. 9, ch. 10.——A river, now Dehash, on which Bactria, the capital of Bactriana, was built. It is called Bactrus by Curtius, bk. 7, ch. 4.—Pliny, bk. 6, chs. 15 & 16.
Zathes, a river of Armenia.
Zaueces, a people of Libya. Herodotus, bk. 4, ch. 193.
Zebīna Alexander, an impostor who usurped the throne of Syria, at the instigation of Ptolemy Physcon.
Zela, or Zelia, a town of Pontus near the river Lycus, where Cæsar defeated Pharnaces son of Mithridates. In expressing this victory, the general used the words, Veni, vidi, vinci. Suetonius, Cæsar, ch. 37.—Hirtius, Alexandrine War, ch. 72.——A town of Troas at the foot of Ida.——Another in Lycia.
Zelasium, a promontory of Thessaly. Livy, bk. 31, ch. 46.
Zeles, a town of Spain.
Zelus, a daughter of Pallas.