Cæsonius Maximus, was banished from Italy by Nero, on account of his friendship with Seneca, &c. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 15, ch. 71.
Cætŭlum, a town of Spain. Strabo, bk. 2.
Cagāco, a fountain of Laconia. Pausanias, bk. 3, ch. 24.
Caicīnus, a river of Locris. Thucydides, bk. 3, ch. 103.
Caīcus, a companion of Æneas. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 1, li. 187; bk. 9, li. 35.——A river of Mysia, falling into the Ægean sea, opposite Lesbos. Virgil, Georgics, bk. 4, li. 370.—Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 2, li. 243.
Caiēta, a town, promontory, and harbour of Campania, which received its name from Caieta the nurse of Æneas, who was buried there. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 7, li. 1.
Caius and Caia, a prænomen very common at Rome to both sexes. C, in its natural position, denoted the man’s name, and when reversed Ↄ it implied Cais. Quintilian, bk. 1, ch. 7.
Caius, a son of Agrippa by Julia. See: [Agrippa].
Quintus Calăber, called also Smyrnæus, wrote a Greek poem in 14 books, as a continuation of Homer’s Iliad, about the beginning of the third century. The best editions of this elegant and well-written book are that of Rhodoman, 12mo, Hanover, 1604, with the notes of Dausqueius; and that of Pauw, 8vo, Leiden, 1734.
Calābria, a country of Italy in Magna Græcia. It has been called Messapia, Japygia, Salentinia, and Peucetia. The poet Ennius was born there. The country was fertile, and produced a variety of fruits, much cattle, and excellent honey. Virgil, Georgics, bk. 3, li. 425.—Horace, bk. 1, ode 31; Epodes, poem 1, li. 27; bk. 1, ltr. 7, li. 14.—Strabo, bk. 6.—Mela, bk. 2, ch. 4.—Pliny, bk. 8, ch. 48.