Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . s not on the line of theVia Aemilia. It is probably represented by the vil-lage of Luzzara, near Guastalla, on the right bankotthe Po. (Cluver. Ital. p. 281.) 4. A city of Bruttium, in the neighbourhood ofTerina, not mentioned by any ancient author, but theexistence of which is clearly established by its coins,which have the Gre^k inscription NOrKPINHN(tlioSe of Nuceria Alfaterna having uniformly Oscanlegends), and indicate a close connection with Terinaand Ehegium. Its site is marked by the moderntown of Nocera, situated on a hill about 4 miles fromth
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . s not on the line of theVia Aemilia. It is probably represented by the vil-lage of Luzzara, near Guastalla, on the right bankotthe Po. (Cluver. Ital. p. 281.) 4. A city of Bruttium, in the neighbourhood ofTerina, not mentioned by any ancient author, but theexistence of which is clearly established by its coins,which have the Gre^k inscription NOrKPINHN(tlioSe of Nuceria Alfaterna having uniformly Oscanlegends), and indicate a close connection with Terinaand Ehegium. Its site is marked by the moderntown of Nocera, situated on a hill about 4 miles fromthe Tyrrlienian sea and the mouth of the river Sa-vuto. Considerable remains of an ancient city arestill visible there, which have been regarded by manywriters as those of Terina (Miliingen, Ancient Coins,p. 25, Numismatique de VAnc. Italie, p. 58). It isnot improbable that the NovKpia cited by Stephanusof Byzantium from Philistus is the city in question,though he terms it a city oj Tyrrhenia, which mustin any case be erroneous. [E. H. B.]. COIN OF NUCERIA IN BRUTTIUM. NUDIONNUM, in the Table, is probably the sameplace as Noeodunum of the Diablintes. [NoEO-DUNUM.] [G. L.] NUDIUM (NouSfOf), a town founded by theMinyae, in Triphylia in Elis, but wliich was destroyedby the Eleians in the time of Herodotus (iv. 148). NUITHONES, a German tribe, mentioned byTacitus {Germ. 40) as inhabiting the banks of theAlbis {Elbe), to the SW. of the Longobardi. Theyin common with other neighbouring tribes worshippedErtha, that is, the Earth. In some editions thename is written Nurtones; so that nothing definitecan be said either in regard to the import of theirname or to the exact locality they inhabited. [] NUIUS (NouiOL- fK§o\ai, Ptol. iv. 6. § 6: in theLatin translation, Nunii ostia), a river of InteriorLibya, which discharged itself into the sea to the JIauretania Tingitana. It has been identifiedwith that which is called in the Ship journal ofHanno, Lixus (Ai|os, Geotj. Graec. Min.,
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