Gemĭnius, a Roman, who acquainted Marcus Antony with the situation of his affairs at Rome, &c.——An inveterate enemy of Marius. He seized the person of Marius, and carried him to Minturnæ. Plutarch, Caius Marius.——A friend of Pompey, from whom he received a favourite mistress called Flora. Plutarch.
Gemĭnus, an astronomer and mathematician of Rhodes, B.C. 77.
Gemoniæ, a place at Rome where the carcases of criminals were thrown. Suetonius, Tiberius, chs. 53 & 61.—Tacitus, Histories, bk. 3, ch. 74.
Genābum, a town of Gaul, now Orleans, on the Loire. Cæsar, Civil War, bk. 7, ch. 3.—Lucan, bk. 1, li. 440.
Genauni, a people of Vindelicia. Horace, bk. 4, ode 14, li. 10.
Gēnēva, an ancient, populous, and well-fortified city in the country of the Allobroges on the lake Lemanus, now of Geneva.
Genīsus, a man of Cyzicus, killed by the Argonauts, &c. Flaccus, bk. 3, li. 45.
Genius, a spirit or dæmon, which, according to the ancients, presided over the birth and life of every man. See: [Dæmon].
Gensĕric, a famous Vandal prince, who passed from Spain to Africa, where he took Carthage. He laid the foundation of the Vandal kingdom in Africa, and in the course of his military expeditions invaded Italy, and sacked Rome in July, 455.
Gentius, a king of Illyricum, who imprisoned the Roman ambassadors at the request of Perseus king of Macedonia. This offence was highly resented by the Romans, and Gentius was conquered by Anicius, and led in triumph with his family, B.C. 169. Livy, bk. 43, ch. 19, &c.