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Regillus
A small lake in Latium, famous as being the scene of a great Roman victory, which forms the subject of a fine poem by Lord Macaulay, called…
Rhea
An ancient Greek goddess, who appears to have been a goddess of the earth. In Rome the Galli were her priests. The lion was sacred to her…
Rhine
Rhodus (Rhodos or Rhodes). The most easterly island of the Aegaean, or, more specifically, of the Carpathian Sea. Robigus or Robigo…
Romulus
According to tradition the founder of Rome. He was a son of Mars and Ilia, and was twin brother of Remus. The twins were thrown into the…
Rubicon
A small river in Italy. By crossing it, and thus transgressing the boundaries of his province, Caesar declared war against the senate and…
Ramses, Ravenna & Rhadamanthus
The name of many kings of Egypt of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth dynasties. An important town in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river…