Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . mentioned by both Pliny andPtolemy among the inland towns which they assignto the Sallentines, and is placed by the Tabula onthe road from Tarentum to the extremity of thepeninsula. (Plin. iii. 11. s. 16; Ptol. iii. 1. § 76;Tab. Pent.) The name is corruptly written in theTabula Uhintum, and in Pliny the MSS. giveUlentini, for wiiich tlie older editors had substitutedValentini. Hence Ptolemy is the only authority forthe form of the name (though there is no doubt thatthe place meant is in all cases the same); and ascoins have the Greek legend OZAN, it is
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . mentioned by both Pliny andPtolemy among the inland towns which they assignto the Sallentines, and is placed by the Tabula onthe road from Tarentum to the extremity of thepeninsula. (Plin. iii. 11. s. 16; Ptol. iii. 1. § 76;Tab. Pent.) The name is corruptly written in theTabula Uhintum, and in Pliny the MSS. giveUlentini, for wiiich tlie older editors had substitutedValentini. Hence Ptolemy is the only authority forthe form of the name (though there is no doubt thatthe place meant is in all cases the same); and ascoins have the Greek legend OZAN, it is doubtful XANTHUS. wliether Uxentum or Uzentnm is the more correctform. The site is clearly marked by the moderntown of Ugento, and the ruins of the ancient citywere still risible in the days of Galateo at the footof the hill on which it stands. (Galateo, de p. 100; Romanelli, vol. ii. p. 43.) JIanytombs also have been found there, in which coins,vases, and inscriptions in the Messapian dialect havebeen discovered. [E. H. B.]. COIX OF UXENTUM. UXENTUS (t5 Ovl^vTov, Ptol. vii. 1. §§ 24,76),a chain of mountains in the Deccan of India, betweenhit. 22° and 24° and long. 136° and 143°, pro-bably those called Gondwana. They formed thewatershed of several rivers which flowed into tlie BayojBengal, as the Adamas, Dosaron and Tyndis. [V.] UXH (, Anmw, Anab. iii. 17; IStrab. .524, XV. pp. 729, 744), a tribe of ancient Persis,who lived on the northern borders of that provincebetween Persis and Susiana, to the E. of the Pasi-tigris and to the W. of the Oroatis. They werevisited by Alexander the Great on his way fromSusa; and their capital town, Uxia (Strab. xv. ), was the scene of a celebrated siege, the detailsof which are given by Arrian and Curtius. It hasbeen a matter of considerable discussion where thiscity was situated. The whole question has beencarefully examined by the Baron de Bode, who haspersonally visited the localities he describes. {Geog
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