Lips
The southwest wind, corresponding to the Latin Africus.
Liternum or Linternum (Patria). A town on the coast of Campania. It was to this place that the elder Scipio Africanus retired when the tribunes attempted to bring him to trial, and here he is said to have died.
Livius, Titus. A native of Padua, a celebrated historian. He passed the chief part of his time at Naples and Rome, but more particularly at the court of Augustus, who liberally patronized him. The name of Livy is rendered immortal by his history of the Roman empire. The merit of this history is admitted by all, and the high rank which Livy holds among historians is undisputed. Lord Byron speaks of it in his Childe Harold as "Livy's picture page."
Locusta or Lucusta. A famous female poisoner, employed by Agrippina in poisoning the emperor Claudius, and by Nero for dispatching Britannicus. She was put to death in the reign of Galba.
Londinium or Londinum (London). The capital of the Cantii in Britain. It was originally situated on the south bank of the Thames in the modern Southwark. It afterwards spread over the north side of the river, and was hence called a town of the Trinobantes. It is first mentioned in the reign of Nero as a flourishing and populous town, much frequented by Roman merchants. London was the central point from which all the Roman roads in Britain diverged.
Lorium or Lorii. A small place in Etruria, on the Via Aurelia, where Antoninus Pius was brought up and died.
Lotophagi (Lotus-Eaters). Homer, in the Odyssey, represents Ulysses as coming in his wanderings to a coast inhabited by a people who fed upon a fruit called lotus, the taste of which was so delicious that everyone who ate it lost all wish to return to his native country.