from the foundations of the walls. The latter were from 10 to 11 feet thick, and consist of irregular but very small stones. The northern and smaller half of the city was separated by a wall from the southern half, which was on lower ground.

From its position Sellasia was always exposed to the attacks of an invading army. On the first invasion of Laconia by the Thebans in B. C. 369, Sellasia was plundered and burnt (Xen. Hell. vi. 5. § 27); and because the inhabitants at that time, together with several others of the Perioeci, went over to the enemy, the town was again taken and destroyed four years later by the Lacedaemonians themselves, assisted by some auxiliaries sent by the younger Dionysius. (Xen. Hell. vii. 4. § 12.) It suffered the same fate a third time after the defeat of Cleomenes, as has been already related. It appears to have been never rebuilt, and was in ruins in the time of Pausanias (iii. 10. § 7).

SELLETS (Σελλήεις). 1. A river in Elis, mentioned by Homer, upon which Ephyra stood. [EPHYRA, No. 2.]

2. A river in Sicyonia, upon which Strabo also places a town Ephyra. [EPHYRA, No. 3.]

SELLETAE (Plin. iv. 11. s. 18, init.), a people of Thrace, whose country was called SELLETICA (Zeλλnrikh, Ptol. iii. 11. § 8). It was north of the Haemus, between that range of mountains and the Panysus. [J.R.]

SELLE'TICA. [SELLETAE.] SELLI or HELLI, an ancient tribe in Epeiras, in whose country, called Hellopia, the oracle of Dodona was situated. [DODONA, p. 782, a.]

Alcibiades vas commanding for the Athenians in
the Proponis (B. C. 410), the people of Selymbria
refused to admit his army into the town, but gave
him money, probably in order to induce him to ab-
stain from forcing an entrance. (Xen. Hell. i. I.
§ 21.) Some time after this, however, he gained
possession of the place through the treachery of
some of the townspeople, and, having levied a con-
tribution upon its inhabitants, left a garrison in it.
(Ib. 3. § 10; Plut. Alcib. 30.) Selymbria is men-
tioned by Demosthenes (l. c.) in B. c. 351, as in alli-
ance with the Athenians; and it was no doubt at
that time a member of the Byzantine confederacy.
According to a letter of Philip, quoted in the ora-
tion de Corona (p. 251, R.), it was blockaded by him
about B. C. 343; but Professor Newman considers
that this mention of Selymbria is one of the numerous
proofs that the documents inserted in that speech
are not authentic. (Class. Mus. vol. i. pp. 153,
154.)
[J. R.]
SÉMACHIDAE. [ATTICA, p. 330, b.]

SEMA'NA SILVA (Σημανὰ or Σημανούς ὕλη), one of the mountain forests of ancient Germany, on the south of Mons Melibocus (Ptol. ii. 1. § 7), is perhaps only a part of the Harz mountain or of the Thüringer Wald. (Zeuss, Die Deutschen, p. 8; Wilhelm, Germanien, p. 38, &c.) [L. S.]

SEMANTHINI (Enuavool, Ptol. vii. 3. § 4), a people dwelling in the land of the Sinae E. of the Semanthine mountains, which derived their name from them. [T. H. D.]

SEMANTHINI MONTES (τὸ Σημανθινὸν ὄρος, Ptol. vii. 2. § 8), a mountain chain in the country of SE'LLIUM (éλov, Ptol. ii. 5. § 7), a place the Sinae (China), which, according to Ptolemy, exin Lusitania, lying N. of Scalabis (Itin. Ant. p. tended froin the sources of the Aspithra in a NW. di421). Identified with Ceice or Seijo. [T. H.D.]] rection as far as those of the Serus. It is probably SELLUS, according to Avienus (Ora Marit. the chain which separates the Chinese province of 507) a high mountain in Hispania Tarraconensis, Yunnan from the districts of Mien and Laoton which the city of Lebedontia once stood. Ukert schua. [T. H. D.] (ii. pt. i. p. 484) identifies it with C.Salon. [T.H. D.] SEMBRI'TAE (Zeμspiral, Strab. xvi. pp. 770 SELY'MBRIA (Enλv6pín, Herod. vi. 33; Enλu-|-786; SEMBERRITAE, Plin. vi. 30. s. 35), a peo6pía, Xen. Anab. vii. 2. § 15, &c.; Strab. vii. p.319; ple inhabiting the district of Tenesis in Aethiopia, alPtol. iii. 11. § 6; Enλuμ6pía, Dem. de Rhod. lib. though they seem to have been of Aegyptian origin. p. 198, Reiske), a Thracian town on the Propontis, The first mention of the Sembritae occurs in Erato 22 miles east from Perinthus, and 44 miles west sthenes (ap. Strab. xvii. p. 786), who says that they from Constantinople (Itin. Hier. p. 570, where it is occupied an island above Meroë; that their name called Salamembria), near the southern end of the implies "immigrants;" that they descended from wall, built by Anastasius Dicorus for the protection the Aegyptian war-caste, who, in the reign of Psamof his capital. (Procop. de Aed. iv. 9; see SCYL- mitichus (B. C. 658), abandoned their native land; LAE). and that they were governed by a queen, although they were also dependent on the sovereigns of Meroë. Artemidorus, also quoted by Strabo (xvi. p. 770), says on the contrary, that they were the ruling order in Meroë: these accounts, however, may be reconciled by the supposition that Eratosthenes and Artemidorus described them at different periods. If the Sembritae were the Aegyptian refugees, they were also the Automoloi ('Aoμáx) noticed by Herodotus (ii. 30). Pliny (l. c.) speaks of four islands of the Sembritae, each containing one or more towns. These were therefore not islands in the Nile, or in any of its principal tributaries, the Astapus, or Astaboras, but tracts between rivers, mesopotamian districts like Meroë itself, which in the language of Nubia are still denominated "islands." The capital of the Sembritae was, according to Pliny, Sembobis. It stood on the left bank of the river, 20 days' journey above Meroë. Pliny names also, among other of their principal towns, Sai in Arabia, -i. e, on the right bank of the Nile, for he assumes that river as the boundary between Lybia and Arabia,

According to Strabo (1. c.), its name signifies the town of Selys;" from which it has been inferred that Selys was the name of its founder, or of the leader of the colony from Megara, which founded it at an earlier period than the establishinent of Byzantium, another colony of the same Grecian state. (Seymn. 714.) In honour of Eudoxia, the wife of the emperor Arcadius, its name was changed to Eudoxiupolis (Hierocl. p. 632), which it bore for a considerable time; but its modern name, Silivri, shows that it subsequently resumed its original designation.

Respecting the history of Selymbria, only detached and fragmentary notices occur in the Greek writers. In Latin authors, it is merely named (Mela,. ii. 2. § 6; Plin. iv. 11. s. 18, xxix. 1. s. 1; in the latter passage it is said to have been the birthplace of Prodicus, a disciple of Hippocrates). It was here that Xenophon met Medosades, the envoy of Seuthes (Anab. vii. 2. § 28), whose forces afterwards encamped in its neighbourhood (Ib. 5. § 15). When

Esar or

among the German tribes which sought the friendship of the emperor and the Romans. They appear to have been governed by kings, one of whom bore the name of Masyus, and reigned in the time of Domitian. (Dion Cass. lxvii. 5, comp. lxxi. 20.) After the reign of M. Aurelius they are no longer mentioned in history, from which circumstance some have unnecessarily inferred that the Semnones were not a distinct tribe, but only a general name for several kindred tribes. As to the Silva Semnonum, it is generally supposed to have existed near Finsterwalde or Sonnenwalde, between the rivers Elster and Spree, where three large places have been discovered, which were evidently intended as a sort of altars. (Kruse, Deutsche Alterth. vol. ii. part 2, p. 132; Zeuss, Die Deutschen, p. 130.) [L.S.]

Sape (Sobah), on the left bank, 17 days' journey
above Meroë, and Daron again on the Arabian side.
Without being able to define the position of this
tribe, or to state their relations to the Aethiopians of
Meroë, we shall perhaps not err in placing them on
the Blue Nile [ASTAPUS], and in the neighbour-
hood of Axume. The geographers (Heeren, &c.)
who describe the Sembritae as dwelling near the
White Nile, have forgotten both their vicinity to
Arabia―i. e. the eastern portion of Meroë-and the
character of the regions which the Astapus and
Astaboras respectively water. The White Nile flows
through lagoons and morasses unsuited for towns
and permanent settlements; while the Blue Nile has
always had on its banks a numerous population,
dwelling in large villages and towns. Along the
Blue Nile ran the principal highways of the trade
of Aegypt with Southern Aethiopia, while the White
Nile led off to the uncivilised and scattered tribes
of the Libyans. The Sembritae, if seated on the
latter river, would probably have eluded observation
altogether; whereas on the former they would be as
well known to the caravans and their guides as any
other of the Aethiopian races. Moreover, the meso-
potamian districts suited to towns lie to the east of
Aethiopia Proper, and would afford a secure retreat
to the refugees from Aegypt in search of a new ha-
bitation. (See Cooley's Claudius Ptolemy and the
Nile, pp. 7-27.) The present Senaar corresponds
nearly with the territory of the Sembritae. [W.B.D.]
SEMIRA'MIDIS MONS (Zeμeipauídos opos), a
remarkable circular mountain on the N. side of the
Persian gulf, and the eastern limit of Carainania. It
is noticed both by Arrian (Peripl. M. E. p. 20, ed.
Huds.) and by Marcian (Peripl. M. Ext. c. 27, ed.
Müller, 1855), who states that it was opposite to
Mt. Pasabo, in Arabia, and that these two moun-
tains, with their promontories, form the straits at
the entrance of the gulf of Persia. Ptolemy speaks
of it, and states that it was also called Strongylus,thors
probably from its form (vi. 8. § 11). Its modern
name appears to be Elbourz. (Vincent, Voyage of
Nearchus, i. p. 319–321.)

[V.]

SEMNONES (Σέμνωνες oι Σέμνονες), or perhaps more correctly Sennones, are described as the most ancient and illustrious among the Suevi | in the north of Germany. They dwelt between the Albis and Viadus, being surrounded on the west by the Cherusci, on the south by the Silingi, on the east by the Manimi and Burgundiones, and on the north-west by the Longobardi. (Tac. Germ. 39; Ptol. ii. 11. §§ 15, 17; Vell. Pat. ii. 106.) Their country accordingly extended from the hills of Lusatia in the south, as far as Potsdam in the north, and in it they formed 100 communities (pagi), which gave them such strength that they regarded themselves as the head of the Suevi. Their country contained an ancient forest (Sennonum Silva), hallowed by awful superstition and sacrificial rites; at stated seasons deputies from all the kindred tribes met in it, and commenced their proceedings with a human sacrifice. No one, moreover, was allowed to enter this forest except he was bound in chains, a mark of humiliation in the presence of the god; and if any one stumbled he was not permitted to rise, but had to crawl along. As to the history of the Semnones, we learn from Tacitus (Ann. ii. 45) and Strabo (vii. p. 290) that in the time of Augustus they were united with the Marcomanni under Maroboduus. In the Monumentum Ancyranum the Semnones, are mentioned

SENA (Ern, Pol.: Ehva, Strab.: Eth. Senensis), called also for distinction's sake SENA GALLICA (Zevayáλλika, Ptol.: Sinigaglia), a city of Umbria, but situated in the district known as the Gallicus Ager, on the coast of the Adriatic, at the mouth of a small river of the same name. The district in which it was situated had previously belonged to the Galli Senones, and there can be no doubt that both the river and town derived their name from that of this people. (Sil. Ital. viii. 453; Pol. ii. 19.) It is therefore probable that there was a Gaulish town of the name before the Roman conquest, but we have no account of it until the establishment of a Roman colony there, which seems to have taken place immediately after the final subjection of the Senones in B. c. 289. (Pol. ii. 19; Liv. Epit. xi.) The colony must have been a "colonia civium," as its name is not mentioned by Livy among the Latin colonies in the Second Punic War. It was at Sena that the two consuls Livius and Nero united their forces before the battle of the Metaurus, B. C. 207 (Liv. xxvii. 46; Appian, Annib. 52; Vict. Vir. Ill. 48), on which account that battle is described by some auas being fought "ad Senam," and even Cicero alludes to it as the "Senense praelium.” (Cic. Brut. 18; Eutrop. iii. 18; Oros. iv. 18.) Its name is not again mentioned in history till the Civil Wars between Marius and Sulla, when it was taken and plundered by Pompeius, the lieutenant of Sulla, B. C. 82. (Appian, B. C. i. 88.) It seems to have always continued to be a flourishing and considerable town, and under the Triumvirate received a fresh accession of colonists. (Lib. Col. pp. 226, 258.) Its name is mentioned by all the geographers, as well as in the Itineraries. It was situated on the line of road which led along the coast from Ancona to Fanuri Fortunae, where it joined the Flaminian Way, properly so called. (Strab. v. p. 227; Plin. iii. 14. s. 19; Ptol. iii. 1. § 22; Itin. Ant. pp. 100, 316; Tab. Peut.) The name was early corrupted from Sena Gallica into the contracted form Senogallia, which is already found in Pliny, and appears also in the Itineraries. The Geographer of Ravenna has Senegallia, thus approaching still more closely to the modern form of Sinigaglia. The city is mentioned as still in existence during the Gothic Wars, after the fall of the Western Empire, and again under the Lombards (Procop. B. G. iv. 23; P. Diac. Hist. Lang. ii. 22), it was for some time also one of the cities of the Pentapolis under the exarchs of Ravenna, but fell into decay in the middle ages, and is alluded to by Dante in the 14th century as verging rapidly to extinction. (Dante, Par. xvi. 75.) It, however, revived again, and is now a flourishing town, with a considerable trade, but has no ancient remains,

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Sape (Sobah), on the left bank, 17 days' journey above Meroë, and Daron again on the Arabian side. Without being able to define the position of this tribe, or to state their relations to the Aethiopians of Meroë, we shall perhaps not err in placing them on the Blue Nile [ASTAPUS], and in the neighbourhood of Axume. The geographers (Heeren, &c.) who describe the Sembritae as dwelling near the White Nile, have forgotten both their vicinity to Arabia―i. e. the eastern portion of Meroë-and the character of the regions which the Astapus and Astaboras respectively water. The White Nile flows through lagoons and morasses unsuited for towns and permanent settlements; while the Blue Nile has always had on its banks a numerous population, dwelling in large villages and towns. Along the Blue Nile ran the principal highways of the trade of Aegypt with Southern Aethiopia, while the White Nile led off to the uncivilised and scattered tribes of the Libyans. The Sembritae, if seated on the latter river, would probably have eluded observation altogether; whereas on the former they would be as well known to the caravans and their guides as any other of the Aethiopian races. Moreover, the mesopotamian districts suited to towns lie to the east of Aethiopia Proper, and would afford a secure retreat to the refugees from Aegypt in search of a new habitation. (See Cooley's Claudius Ptolemy and the Nile, pp. 7-27.) The present Senaar corresponds nearly with the territory of the Sembritae. [W.B.D.] SEMIRA'MIDIS MONS (Zeμeipauídos opos), a remarkable circular mountain on the N. side of the Persian gulf, and the eastern limit of Carainania. It is noticed both by Arrian (Peripl. M. E. p. 20, ed. Huds.) and by Marcian (Peripl. M. Ext. c. 27, ed. Müller, 1855), who states that it was opposite to Mt. Pasabo, in Arabia, and that these two mountains, with their promontories, form the straits at the entrance of the gulf of Persia. Ptolemy speaks of it, and states that it was also called Strongylus, probably from its form (vi. 8. § 11). Its modern name appears to be Elbourz. (Vincent, Voyage of Nearchus, i. p. 319-321.)

among the German tribes which sought the friendship of the emperor and the Romans. They appear to have been governed by kings, one of whom bore the name of Masyus, and reigned in the time of Domitian. (Dion Cass. lxvii. 5, comp. lxxi. 20.) After the reign of M. Aurelius they are no longer mentioned in history, from which circumstance some have unnecessarily inferred that the Semnones were not a distinct tribe, but only a general name for several kindred tribes. As to the Silva Semnonum, it is generally supposed to have existed near Finsterwalde or Sonnenwalde, between the rivers Elster and Spree, where three large places have been discovered, which were evidently intended as a sort of altars. (Kruse, Deutsche Alterth. vol. ii. part 2, p. 132; Zeuss, Die Deutschen, p. 130.) [L.S.] SENA (Zn, Pol.: Zhva, Strab.: Eth. Senensis), called also for distinction's sake SENA GALLICA (Zevayáλλika, Ptol.: Sinigaglia), a city of Umbria, but situated in the district known as the Gallicus Ager, on the coast of the Adriatic, at the mouth of a small river of the same name. The district in which it was situated had previously belonged to the Galli Senones, and there can be no doubt that both the river and town derived their name from that of this people. (Sil. Ital. viii. 453; Pol. ii. 19.) It is therefore probable that there was a Gaulish town of the name before the Roman conquest, but we have no account of it until the establishment of a Roman colony there, which seems to have taken place immediately after the final subjection of the Senones in B. c. 289. (Pol. ii. 19; Liv. Epit. xi.) The colony must have been a "colonia civium," as its name is not mentioned by Livy among the Latiu colonies in the Second Punic War. It was at Sena that the two consuls Livius and Nero united their forces before the battle of the Metaurus, B. C. 207 (Liv. xxvii. 46; Appian, Annib. 52; Vict. Vir. Ill. 48), on which account that battle is described by some authors as being fought "ad Senam," and even Cicero alludes to it as the "Senense praelium." (Cic. Brut. 18; Eutrop. iii. 18; Oros. iv. 18.) Its name is not again mentioned in history till the Civil Wars beSEMNONES (uvwves or Zéavoves), or per- tween Marius and Sulla, when it was taken and haps more correctly Sennones, are described as plundered by Pompeius, the lieutenant of Sulla, B. C. the most ancient and illustrious among the Suevi 82. (Appian, B. C. i. 88.) It seems to have always in the north of Germany. They dwelt between the continued to be a flourishing and considerable town, Albis and Viadus, being surrounded on the west by and under the Triumvirate received a fresh accession the Cherusci, on the south by the Silingi, on the of colonists. (Lib. Col. pp. 226, 258.) Its name east by the Manimi and Burgundiones, and on the is mentioned by all the geographers, as well as in north-west by the Longobardi. (Tac. Germ. 39; the Itineraries. It was situated on the line of road Ptol. ii. 11. §§ 15, 17; Vell. Pat. ii. 106.) which led along the coast from Ancona to Fanuri Their country accordingly extended from the hills Fortunae, where it joined the Flaminian Way, proof Lusatia in the south, as far as Potsdam in perly so called. (Strab. v. p. 227; Plin. iii. 14. s. the north, and in it they formed 100 commu- 19; Ptol. iii. 1. § 22; Itin. Ant. pp. 100, 316; nities (pagi), which gave them such strength Tab. Peut.) The name was early corrupted from that they regarded themselves as the head of the Sena Gallica into the contracted form Senogallia, Suevi. Their country contained an ancient forest which is already found in Pliny, and appears also (Semnonum Silva), hallowed by awful superstition in the Itineraries. The Geographer of Ravenna has and sacrificial rites; at stated seasons deputies from Senegallia, thus approaching still more closely to the all the kindred tribes met in it, and commenced modern form of Sinigaglia. The city is mentioned their proceedings with a human sacrifice. as still in existence during the Gothic Wars, after moreover, was allowed to enter this forest except he the fall of the Western Empire, and again under was bound in chains, a mark of humiliation in the the Lombards (Procop. B. G. iv. 23; P. Diac. Hist. presence of the god; and if any one stumbled he was Lang. ii. 22); it was for some time also one of the not permitted to rise, but had to crawl along. As cities of the Pentapolis under the exarchs of Rato the history of the Semnones, we learn from Ta-venna, but fell into decay in the middle ages, and is citus (Ann. ii. 45) and Strabo (vii. p. 290) that in alluded to by Dante in the 14th century as verging the time of Augustus they were united with the rapidly to extinction. (Dante, Par. xvi. 75.) It, how. Marcomanni under Maroboduus. In the Monu-ever, revived again, and is now a flourishing town, mentum Ancyranum the Semnones, are mentioned with a considerable trade, but has no ancient remains.

[V.]

No one,

The river Sena, alluded to by Silius Italiens and Lu- | can, must be the small stream now called the Nevola or Nigola, which falls into the sea at Sinigaglia. (Sil. Ital. viii. 453; Lucan, ii. 407.) [E. H. B.]

Rhone. Some geographers guess that it may be
near the Pont St. Esprit.
[G. L.]

SE'NONES (Zévoves, Zévvoves, Steph. B. s. v.).
Polybius (ii. 17) names the Italian Senones, Zhvwves.
The Roman poets make the penultima short:-
"Ut Braccatorum pueri Senonumque minores."

(Juv. viii. 234.)

An absurd explanation of the name is quoted by Festus (s. v. Senones) and by Servius (ad Aen. viii. 656).

The Senones were one of the great Celtic nations who bordered on the Belgae. (Caes. B. G. ii. 2.) They were north-west of the Aedui and bordered on them. Their capital was Agedincun (Sens), on the right bank of the Yonne, which is a branch of the Seine. (Ptol. ii. 8. § 12.) The Senones are in the Lugdunensis of Ptolemy and Pliny. Besides Agedincum there were in the country of the Senones, Autissiodurum (Auxerre) and Melodunum (Melun) on the Seine not far from Paris, which shows that their territory extended from the neighbourhood of Paris along the Seine and along the Yonne to the borders of the small nation of the Mandubii [MANDUBII], whose town was Alesia, and to the borders of the Lingones. The railroad from Paris to Dijon, which passes near Melun, Fontainebleau, Sens, Joigny, St. Florentin, Tonnerre on the Armançon a branch of the Yonne, runs through the country of the Senones. Between St. Florentin and Flogny, which is about half-way between St. Florentin and Tonnerre, extends a vast plain, level as the sea, fertile, and in summer covered with wheat. A large part of the territory of the Senones is a fertile country. In seems to have comprehended the dioceses of Sens and Auxerre. Besides Melodunum and Agedincum, Caesar mentions Vellaunodunum as a town of the Senones (vii. 11), on the side towards the Carnutes.

SENA (Zalva, Ptol.: Eth. Senensis: Siena), a city of Etruria, sometimes called SENA JULIA, to distinguish it from the city of the same name on the Adriatic. It was situated nearly in the heart of Etruria, about 28 miles E. of Volaterrae and 40 S. of Florentia. There is no reason whatever to suppose that there was an Etruscan city on the site, and no allusion to its existence occurs before the establishment of the Roman colony. Even the date of this is not accurately known; but it is probable from the epithet of Julia that it was founded either by Caesar himself or by the Triumvirate in his honour. It is singular that its name is not found in the Liber Coloniarum; but its colonial rank is attested by Pliny, who calls it "colonia Senensis," as well as by Tacitus. (Plin. iii. 5. s. 8; Tac. Hist. iv. 45.) It is subsequently mentioned by Ptolemy, as well as in the Tabula, which places it on a line of road from Florentia to Clusium. (Ptol. iii. 1. § 49; Tab. Peut.) But it seems never to have been a place of much importance in ancient times, and it was not till the middle ages that it rose to be one of the first cities of Tuscany. It has no remains of antiquity. (Dennis's Etruria, vol. ii. p. 135.) [E. H. B.] SENA INSULA, in Gallia. On this island, which was opposite to the coast of the Osismii, was an oracle of a Gallic goddess. Nine virgins named Gallicenae (Barrigenae, ed. I. Vossius) had the care of the oracle. They could raise storms by their verses, change themselves into beasts, heal diseases, and foretell the future, but they were only propitious to seamen who came to consult them. (Mela, iii. 6.) This is the island of Sein, incorrectly called on the The Senones were at first well disposed to Caesar maps Isle des Saints, which is at the entrance of the (B. G. ii. 2), probably through fear of their neighbay of Douarnenez, and separated from a point of bours, the Belgae and the German people north of land on the coast of Britany (Pointe Raz) by a the Marne. Caesar had given them Cavarinus for narrow channel. D'Anville supposes that this may a king, but the Senones expelled him (v. 54); and be the island which Strabo places opposite the mouth when the Roman proconsul ordered the senate of the of the Loire. This island was inhabited only by Senones to come to him, they refused. In the spring women who were possessed by Dionysus. They of B. C. 53 Caesar summoned the states of Gallia to allowed no man to enter their island; but so far from a meeting, but the Senones, Carnutes, and Treviri keeping their virginity, they used to visit the men would not come (vi. 3), upon which he transferred on the mainland. These two stories are very dif- the meeting of the states to Lutetia Parisiorum. He ferent. Strabo names his island that of the Nam- says that the Parisii bordered on the Senones, and nites, as Groskurd (Strab. Transl. i. p. 198) has it; "within the memory of their fathers they had united but the name is Samnites in the common texts of their state with that of the Senones;" but he does Strabo. This seems to be the same island that not explain the nature of this union. He marched Dionysius speaks of (Perieg. 571) as being visited from Lutetia (Paris) into the country of the Senones, by the women of the Amnitae for the purpose of which presents no difficulties for an army. The performing the rites of Bacchus. D'Anville further Senones yielded in spite of Acco, who was the leader thinks that Pliny (iv. 16) may be speaking of Sena in the revolt; and Caesar took with him Cavarinus when he mentions after the islands which are near and the cavalry of the Senones, in which force it is to Britain, Siambis, or Amnis, as some MSS. have it, probable that they were strong, as their country is and Axantos, which is evidently Uxantis or Ques-well adapted for grazing and corn. At the close of sant. Sina, as the Maritime Itin. names it, is mentioned there with Uxantis. [G. L.]

the year Caesar whipped Acco to death, and quartered six of his legions at Sens for the winter (vi. 44). In B. c. 52 the Senones sent 12,000 men with the rest of the Gallic forces to attack Caesar before Alesia (vii. 75). The Senones seem to have given Caesar no more trouble; but in B. c. 51 Drappes, a Senon, at the head of a number of desperate men, was threatening the Provincia. Drappes was caught and starved himself to death. (B. G. viii. 30, 44.) [G.L.]

SENONES (Σńvwves), a nation of Gaulish origin, which was settled in Italy, on the coast of the Adriatic, extending from the river Aesis (Esino),