Cantăbri, a ferocious and warlike people of Spain, who rebelled against Augustus, by whom they were conquered. Their country is now called Biscay. Silius Italicus, bk. 3, li. 326.—Horace, bk. 2, odes 6 & 11.
Cantăbriæ lacus, a lake in Spain, where a thunderbolt fell, and in which 12 axes were found. Suetonius, Galba, ch. 8.
Canthărus, a famous sculptor of Sicyon. Pausanias, bk. 6, ch. 17.——A comic poet of Athens.
Canthus, a son of Abas, one of the Argonauts.
Cantium, a country in the eastern parts of Britain, now called Kent. Cæsar, Gallic War bk. 5.
Canuleia, one of the first vestals chosen by Numa. Plutarch.——A law. See: [Canuleius].
Caius Canuleius, a tribune of the people of Rome, A.U.C. 310, who made a law to render it constitutional for the patricians and plebeians to intermarry. It ordained also, that one of the consuls should be yearly chosen from the plebeians. Livy, bk. 4, ch. 3, &c.—Florus, bk. 1, ch. 17.
Canulia, a Roman virgin, who became pregnant by her brother, and killed herself by order of her father. Plutarch, Parallela minora.
Canŭsium, now Canosa, a town of Apulia, whither the Romans fled after the battle of Cannæ. It was built by Diomedes, and its inhabitants have been called bilingues, because they retained the language of their founder and likewise adopted that of their neighbours. Horace complained of the grittiness of their bread. The wools and the cloths of the place were in high estimation. Horace, bk. 1, satire 10, li. 30.—Mela, bk. 2, ch. 4.—Pliny, bk. 8, ch. 11.
Canŭsius, a Greek historian under Ptolemy Auletes. Plutarch.