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 '20 CUBETE& eiUad Areiy and evidentlj marks the site of the ) ancient citadel (Arx). Coonderabk fragments of masomy, as well as architectoral ornaments^ por-' tions of oolomns, &c^ and sereral inscriptiona, have been foond scattered over the snrfiue of this space: bnt all these remaina arc of Roman date; no traces are found of the ancient walls, and it seems probable indeed that Cues, like many other Sabine cities, was not fortified. Aboat2 mUes distant finom^r^ at a place called Torrid are the snbstrnctioas of a temple, of a very massive constmction, and probably belonging to a much more remote epoch. (Chanpy, Mawm d Horace^ vol. iii. pp. 70—^4 ; Nibby, L c pp. 531—538 ; Holsten. NoL ad Cluv. p. 106) At the foot of the hill oocnpied by the mine of Cares flows a small river called the Ccrretef which rises in the moontains above Neroloj and Alls into the Tiber abont 3 miles below AreL [£. H. B.] CUBETES, CUBE'TIS. [Abtoua, p. 64.] CU'RGIA (Ke^^ia, Ptol. u. 4. § 15) or CURI- GA (IUilAiU. p. 432; Geogr. Rav. iv. 44: La Calera)^ a city of the Celtici, in Uispania Baetica, near the Mous Marianns {Sierra Moraia), on the high road from the month of the Anas to Emerita Angnsta. It appears to be the same place as the TuKiOA, previonsly Uenltoniacnm, of Pliny (iii. 3; oompare Caro, Ant iii. 70; Ukert, vol iL pt. 1, p. 882). [P. S.] CITRIA iCkiir), a town in Rhaetia prima, on the Rhine. (Itin. Ant pp. 277, 278; Paul. Diac. Hiit, Ixmgob, vl 21.) [L. &] CURIA, in Britain,mentionedby Ptolemyas a town of theOttadeni. Probably Currie-on-Gare. [R.G.L.] CURIA'NUM (Kovptat^hy HKpov), is placed by Ptolemy (ii. 7) on the coast of Aquitania, between the month of the Jdcwr and of the Oarotme* There seems no place that corresponds to it except the PomU dAroachonf on the north side of the Bastin dAroaehoH. Some geographers fix it at the PmnU de Gravej near the Tour de Cordouan^ the point which is on the south side of the entrance of the iSironda, [G. L] CUHIAS (Kovpfar, Ptol v. 14. § 2; Strab. xiv. p. 683; Steph.B.; KvpiM6v^ Stadia»tn,%% 286,300: Capo Gansata or ddU GaUe)y the most S. point of Cyprus, forming a low and roonded excrescence, which resembles a peninsula rather than a promou' tory. The stags from Cilicia and Syria swam over to this fertile spot to enjoy the rich psstures. (Ae- lian, Nat An. v. 56, xi. 7 ; Maxim. Tyr. Diss. xii. 8 ; Engel, Kyprot^ vol. i. p. 1 17.) [E. B. J.] CURICTA (Plin. iii. 21. s. 25 ; Kovpfrra, PtoLii. 16. § 13; KvfMfrriic^, Strab. ii. p. 123, ad fin., viL p. 315), an isbind off the cosst of Uly- ricum, now called Kareky or VegUa^ a little south of the Absyrtides. According to Ptolemy it con- tained two towns, Fnlvinium (fov^wy) and Cu- ricnm (Ko6ptKoyy ** VegUa has excellent harbours ; and the valleys, if cultivated, might be productive as of old, when the Island was rich in timber and pasture land, and produced abundance of grain, oil, and wine. The Illyrian snails, mentioned by Pliny (ix. 56), are very numerous in Veglia, It was during a long period an independent state, until ceded to Venice in the fifteenth century." (Wilkin- son, DaXmatia and MonienegrOf vol L p. 50.) CURIGA. [CuRGiA.] GURIOSOLITAE, a people of Celtica who are mentfoned by Caesar several times (B. G. ii. 34, iii. 7, 11, vii. 75). The name only occurs in tlie accu- sative form, and as there are variations in the MSS.,, CURUBIS. the nominative is not quite certain. Tbej an tioned (A G. iL 34) with the Veneti, Unelli, Osismi, and othiBra that Caesar calk ." maritimae dvitates," and bonier on the ocean. In another place {B. G» vii 75) he describes the position of the Cnriosolitae on the ocean in the same terms, and indndes them among the Arrooric states, a name equivalent to the fionn Cariosvelites; and he mentioos them with the Unelli, Diablindi, and Rhedooea. The CurioaiK litae are not mentioned by Ptokmy. No city of these people is mentioned, and the Itins. give no roads in this part of Breiagne. Aondingly ws can only conjecture their position, which is deter- mined with some probability to be the dioceee of 8l Mah, the only pb^e that remains for them after fixing the position of the other Armoric nations. The name seems to be preserved in Corteidty a vil- lage between Dman and LambdUt, where there are the remains of an old Roman town. We may oqd- dude that, after the fashion of Gallic names, Cor- seuU represents the capital of the CmioMlitae. D*Anville supposes that on the coast they extended west to the neighbourhood of Si, Britmc^ where a place called Fimac denotes the boundary of an an« cient territory, as the name Fines or Fw» denotes in other parts of Gallia. The neighboon of the Cnriosolitae on the east were the Rhedones, and on the south the Veneti. On the west were the Osismi or Osismii, who oocnpied the extremity of the penin- sula of Brttagne. But Walckenaer places, between the Osismi and the CuriosoUtae, the Biducasii of Ptolemy, in the diocese of St, Bidvi or SL Briette ; whom be distinguishes from the Vidncaases, [Vi- DUCA88B8.] (D'AuviUo, NoHce, &c.; Walckenaer, G^. vol. i. p. 381.) [G. L.] CUTUUM. [Abtolia, p.66,b.] CU'RIUM (Koipwy, Ptol. v. 14. §2; St<^ B.; HierocL; Curias, Plin. v. 13: £th. Kavptwis: Pit- oopid)y a city of Cyprus, atuated to the W. of thn river Lycus, 16 M. P. from Amathus. {Pad. Tab.) It was said to have been founded by the Aigives. (Herod, v. 1 13; Strab. xiv. p. 683.) Stesenor, its sovereign, betrayed the cause of his country during the war against the Persians. (Herod. L c.) Near the town was a Cape (*po6piov, PtoL v. 14. §2: Capo Bianoo)j from which sacrilegious ofenders who had dared to touch the altar of Apollo were thrown into the sea. (Strab. L c.) The ruins of a town supposed to represent this have been found near Pit- oopiOi one of the most fertile spots in the island. (Pooocke, Trav. roL ii. p. 329 ; Engel, Xyprot, val.i. p. 118.) [E.B.J.] CURMILIACA, in GalUa, is placed by the An- tonine Itin. on a road between Samarobriva {Amiau} and CaeaoroDiagus {Beauvais), This old road is the ChauBsh de BrvneluuU. D'Anrille gives sufficient reasons for supposing that a place odled CormeSUee may represent Cnrmiliaca. [G. L.] CURTA (Ko^o), a town in Pannonia, the site of which is unknown. (Ptol. ii. 16. § 4, who places it in Lower Pannonia, while the Itin. Ant p. 262, assigns it to Upper Pannonia.) [L. S.] CUTIUBIS (Koupo^fi ^ Ko^is, PtoL iv. 3. § 8; /<in.^»(.pp.56,57,493; Tab.VewLi Kwhak a dty on the £. coast of Zengitana, in Africa Proper, between Clypea and Neapoli^ 16 M. P. north of the latter. According to Pliny (v. 3) it was a free dty, bnt an inscription found on the spot designates it a colony, COL. fulvia. cur(7BI& (Shaw, I'ravek ^., p. 90.) [P-S.]
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