Aquilaria, a place of Africa. Cæsar, bk. 2, Civil War, ch. 23.
Aquileia, or Aquilegia, a town founded by a Roman colony, called from its grandeur, Roma secunda, and situate at the north of the Adriatic sea, on the confines of Italy. The Romans built it chiefly to oppose the frequent incursions of the barbarians. The Roman emperors enlarged and beautified it, and often made it their residence. Silius Italicus, bk. 8, li. 605.—Martial, bk. 4, ltr. 25.—Mela, bk. 2, ch. 4.
Aquilius Niger, an historian mentioned by Suetonius, Augustus, ch. 11.——Marcus, a Roman consul who had the government of Asia Minor. Justin, bk. 36, ch. 4.——Sabinus, a lawyer of Rome, surnamed the Cato of his age. He was father to Aquilia Severus, whom Heliogabalus married.——Severus, a poet and historian in the age of Valentinian.
Aquillia and Aquilia, a patrician family at Rome, from which few illustrious men rose.
Aquĭlo, a wind blowing from the north. Its name is derived, according to some, from Aquila, on account of its keenness and velocity.
Aquilonia, a city of the Hirpini in Italy. Livy, bk. 10, ch. 38.
Aquinius, a poet of moderate capacity. Cicero, bk. 5, Tusculanæ Disputationes.
Aquīnum, a town of Latium, on the borders of the Samnites, where Juvenal was born. A dye was invented there, which greatly resembled the real purple. Horace, bk. 1, ltr. 10, li. 27.—Strabo.—Silius Italicus, bk. 8, li. 404.—Juvenal, satire 3, li. 319.
Aquitania, a country of Gaul, bounded on the west by Spain, north by the province of Lugdunum, south by the province called Gallia Narbonensis. Its inhabitants are called Aquitani. Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 17.—Strabo, bk. 4.
Ara, a constellation, consisting of seven stars, near the tail of the Scorpion. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 2, li. 138.