Pedāni. See: [Pedum].
Pedānius, a prefect of Rome, killed by one of his slaves for having denied him his liberty, &c. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 14, ch. 42.
Pedasa (orum), a town of Caria, near Halicarnassus. Livy, bk. 33, ch. 30.
Pedăsus, a son of Bucolion the son of Laomedon. His mother was one of the Naiades. He was killed in the Trojan war by Euryalus. Homer, Iliad, bk. 6, li. 21.——One of the four horses of Achilles. As he was not immortal like the other three, he was killed by Sarpedon. Homer, Iliad, bk. 16.——A town near Pylos in the Peloponnesus.
Pediadis, a part of Bactriana, through which the Oxus flows. Polybius.
Pedias, the wife of Cranaus.
Pedius Blæsus, a Roman, accused by the people of Cyrene of plundering the temple of Æsculapius. He was condemned under Nero, &c. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 14, ch. 18.——A nephew of Julius Cæsar, who commanded one of his legions in Gaul, &c.——Poplicola, a lawyer in the age of Horace. His father was one of Julius Cæsar’s heirs, and became consul with Augustus after Pansa’s death.
Pedo, a lawyer, patronized by Domitian. Juvenal, satire 7, li. 129.——Albinovanus. See: [Albinovanus].
Pedianus Asconius, flourished A.D. 76.
Pedum, a town of Latium, about 10 miles from Rome, conquered by Camillus. The inhabitants were called Pedani. Livy, bk. 2, ch. 39; bk. 8, chs. 13 & 14.—Horace, bk. 1, ltr. 4, li. 2.