Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . xperiment being made by JIucianus,who doubted the truth of Homers statement, it wasfound to bear even a larger proportion of water.(Plin. xiv. 4. s. 6 ; comp. Victa Maroneo foedatuslumina Baccho, Tibull. iv. 1. 57). I^Iaroneia was taken by Pbilip V. of Macedon inB. c. 200 ; and when he was ordered by the Romansto evacuate the towns of Thrace, he vented his rageby slaughtering a great number of the inhabitants of JIARRUCINI. the city. (Liv. xsxi. 16, xxxix. 24 ; Polyb. , 13, xxiii. 11, 13.) The Romans subsequentlygranted JIaroneia to Attains; but
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . xperiment being made by JIucianus,who doubted the truth of Homers statement, it wasfound to bear even a larger proportion of water.(Plin. xiv. 4. s. 6 ; comp. Victa Maroneo foedatuslumina Baccho, Tibull. iv. 1. 57). I^Iaroneia was taken by Pbilip V. of Macedon inB. c. 200 ; and when he was ordered by the Romansto evacuate the towns of Thrace, he vented his rageby slaughtering a great number of the inhabitants of JIARRUCINI. the city. (Liv. xsxi. 16, xxxix. 24 ; Polyb. , 13, xxiii. 11, 13.) The Romans subsequentlygranted JIaroneia to Attains; but they almost imme-diately afterwards revoked their gift, and declared ita free city. (Polyb. xsx. 3.) By ConstantinePorphyrogenitus (Them. ii. 2), Maroneia is reckonedamong the towns of Macedon. The modern nameis Marogna, and it has been the seat of an arch-bishopric. (Comp. Ptol. iii. 11. § 2 ; Scylax, p. 27;Strab. vii. 331 ; Amm. Marc. xxii. 8, xxvii. 4 ;Hierocl. p. 643; Tzetz. ad Lycophr. p. 818;Theophil. ad Autol. si. p. 86.) [A. L.]. COIN OF maroneia. BIARONSA (Mapoij/ffa, Zosim. iii. 28), a smallvillage in Mesopotamia, at which the army of Julianarrived, just before the combat in which he is probably the same which Ammianus calls Ma-ranga (xxv. 1), but its exact locality cannot nowbe determined. [V.] MARPESSA (MapTrrjtro-a), a mountain in theisland of Pares, from which the celebrated Parianmarble was obtained. (Steph. B. s. v. MapTTTjcrcra.)[Paros.] Hence Virgil (vi. 471) speaks of Marpesia cautes. MARPESSUS. [Mermessus.] MARRUBIUJI. [Makruvium.] MARRUCINI (MappowTroi, Poh, Strab.; Ma;5-povKivoi, Ptol.), a nation of Central Italy, inhabitinga narrow strip of territory on the S. bank of theriver Aternus, extending from the Adriatic to theridge of the Apennines. (Strab. v. p. 241.) Theywere bounded on the N. by the Vestini, from whomthey were separated by the Aternus, and on the the Frentani, while to the W. and SW. they ap-parently extended inland as far as th
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