Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), DAAE, DAAE, DALMI´NIUM

Home Collections/Texts Perseus Catalog Research Grants Open Source About Help

Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:

This text is part of:

Greek and Roman Materials

View text chunked by:

DALMI´NIUM

DALMI´NIUM, DELMI´NIUM (Δαλμίνιον, Strab. vii. p.315; Δελμίνιον, Ptol. 2.16.11; Δάλμιον, Steph. B. sub voce Eustath. ad Dion. Perieg. 95), the ancient capital of Dalmatia, from which tie Dalmatians, after their separation from the other Illyrians, derived their name. (Appian, App. Ill. 11.) Though strongly fortified, it was taken by C. Figulus the consul, in B.C. 156, and was set on fire by means of a contrivance very much resembling the Greek fire of the middle ages. (Appian, l.c.) In B.C. 135, P. Scipio Nasica destroyed the walls and public buildings. (Strab. l.c.) After this, except in the notice of Ptolemy (l.c.), no more is heard of the city. The district in the neighbourhood was in later times called Dalen (Δαλέν, Const. Porph. de Adm. Imp. 100.30), and is the present plain of Dumno or Davno in the Herzegóvina, to the E. of Livno. (Schafarik, Slav. Alt. vol. ii. p. 267; Neigebauer, Die Sudslaven, p. 21.)

[E.B.J]

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. William Smith, LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.

Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar:

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)
William Smith, LLD, Ed.

This text is part of:

View text chunked by:

Table of Contents:

DALMI´NIUM

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) William Smith, LLD, Ed.

This text is part of:

View text chunked by:

Table of Contents:

DALMI´NIUM

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)
William Smith, LLD, Ed.