Lucius Cincius Alimentus, a pretor of Sicily in the second Punic war, who wrote annals in Greek. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, bk. 1.——Marcus a tribune of the people, A.U.C. 549, author of the Cincia lex.
Cineas, a Thessalian, minister and friend to Pyrrhus king of Epirus. He was sent to Rome by his master to sue for a peace, which he, however, could not obtain. He told Pyrrhus that the Roman senate were a venerable assembly of kings; and observed, that to fight with them was to fight against another Hydra. He was of such a retentive memory, that the day after his arrival at Rome he could salute every senator and knight by his name. Pliny, bk. 7, ch. 24.—Cicero, Letters to his Friends, bk. 9, ltr. 25.——A king of Thessaly. Herodotus, bk. 5, ch. 63.——An Athenian, &c. Polyænus, bk. 2, ch. 32.
Cinesias, a Greek poet of Thebes in Bœotia, who composed some dithyrambic verses. Athenæus.
Cinethon, a Spartan, who wrote genealogical poems, in one of which he asserted that Medea had a son by Jason, called Medus, and a daughter called Eriopis. Pausanias, bk. 2, ch. 18.
Cinga, now Cinea, a river of Spain, flowing from the Pyrenean mountains into the Iberus. Lucan, bk. 4, li. 21.—Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 1, ch. 48.
Cingetŏrix, a prince of Gaul, in alliance with Rome. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 5, ch. 3.——A prince of Britain, who attacked Cæsar’s camp, by order of Cassivelaunus. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 5, ch. 22.
Cingŭlum, now Cingoli, a town of Picenum, whose inhabitants are called Cingulani. Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 13.—Cæsar, Civil War, bk. 1, ch. 15.—Silius Italicus, bk. 10, li. 34.—Cicero, Letters to Atticus, bk. 7, ltr. 11.
Ciniātā, a place of Galatia.
Cinithii, a people of Africa.
Lucius Cornelius Cinna, a Roman who oppressed the republic with his cruelties, and was banished by Octavius, for attempting to make the fugitive slaves free. He joined himself to Marius; and with him, at the head of 30 legions, he filled Rome with blood, defeated his enemies, and made himself consul even to a fourth time. He massacred so many citizens at Rome, that his name became odious; and one of his officers assassinated him at Ancona, as he was preparing war against Sylla. His daughter Cornelia married Julius Cæsar, and became mother of Julia. Plutarch, Caius Marius, Pompey, & Sulla.—Lucan, bk. 4, li. 822.—Appian, Civil Wars, bk. 1.—Florus, bk. 3, ch. 21.—Paterculus, bk. 2, ch. 20, &c.—Plutarch, Cæsar.——One of Cæsar’s murderers.——Caius Helvius Cinna, a poet intimate with Cæsar. He went to attend the obsequies of Cæsar, and being mistaken by the populace for the other Cinna, he was torn to pieces. He had been eight years in composing an obscure poem called Smyrna, in which he made mention of the incest of Cinyras. Plutarch, Cæsar.——A grandson of Pompey. He conspired against Augustus, who pardoned him, and made him one of his most intimate friends. He was consul, and made Augustus his heir. Dio Cassius.—Seneca, de Clementia, ch. 9.——A town of Italy, taken by the Romans from the Samnites.