Isaura (a, or orum), the chief town of Isauria. Pliny, bk. 5, ch. 27.
Isauria, a country of Asia Minor, near mount Taurus, whose inhabitants were bold and warlike. The Roman emperors, particularly Probus and Gallus, made war against them and conquered them. Florus, bk. 3, ch. 6.—Strabo.—Cicero, bk. 15, Letters to his Friends, ltr. 2.
Isaurĭcus, a surname of Publius Servilius, from his conquests over the Isaurians. Ovid, bk. 1, Fasti, li. 594.—Cicero, bk. 5, Letters to Atticus, ltr. 21.
Isaurus, a river of Umbria, falling into the Adriatic.——Another in Magna Græcia. Lucan, bk. 2, li. 406.
Ischenia, an annual festival at Olympia, in honour of Ischenus the grandson of Mercury and Hiera, who, in a time of famine, devoted himself for his country, and was honoured with a monument near Olympia.
Ischolaus, a brave and prudent general of Sparta, &c. Polyænus.
Ischomăchus, a noble athlete of Crotona, about the consulship of Marcus Valerius and Publius Posthumius.
Ischopŏlis, a town of Pontus.
Iscia. See: [Œnotrides].
Isdegerdes, a king of Persia, appointed by the will of Arcadius, guardian to Theodosius II. He died in his 31st year, A.D. 408.