. 720-723). The latter were a nomad people,whom even Alexander was only able to reduceto a temporary subjection. The whole countrywas divided into eight districts. Its chief citieswere Rhambacia and Pura, or Parsis. GeganiaGens, traced its origin to the mythi-cal Gyas, one of the companions of Aeneas. Itwas transplanted to Rome on the destruction ofAlba by Tullus Hostilius, and enrolled amongthe Roman patricians (Liv. i. 30). There ap-pears to have been only one family in this gens,that of Macerinus, to which belonged consulsi
. 720-723). The latter were a nomad people,whom even Alexander was only able to reduceto a temporary subjection. The whole countrywas divided into eight districts. Its chief citieswere Rhambacia and Pura, or Parsis. GeganiaGens, traced its origin to the mythi-cal Gyas, one of the companions of Aeneas. Itwas transplanted to Rome on the destruction ofAlba by Tullus Hostilius, and enrolled amongthe Roman patricians (Liv. i. 30). There ap-pears to have been only one family in this gens,that of Macerinus, to which belonged consulsin the years 492, 432, (Liv. ii. 34, iv. 22). Gela (ri FeXa, Ion. TeXy : TeXyos, Gelensis :nr. Terra Nuova, Ru.), a city on the S. coast ofSicily, on a small river (poetically exaggerated)of the same name (Fiume di Terra Nuova), founded by Rhodians from Lindos, and byCretans, B. c 690 (Hdt. vii. 153 ; Diod. viii. 25;Strab. p. 272). It was originally called Lindii(Thuc. vi. 4); and it is suggested with proba-bility that Lindii was on the west, side of the. Coin of Gela, about 4G0 , man-headed bull (river-god), rt.\A2 ; rev., horsemanwith spear. river, and that Gela was originally an outposton the east bank. It soon obtained great powerand wealth ; and, in 582, it founded Agrigentum,which became more powerful than the mothercity. Like the other cities of Sicily, it wassubject to tyrants, of whom the most importantwere Hippocrates, Gelo, and Hieeo. Gelotransported half of its inhabitants to Syracuse;the place gradually fell into decay, and in thetime of Augustus was no longer inhabited. Thepoet Aeschylus died here.—N. of Gela were thecelebrated Campi Gelvi, which produced richcrops of wheat (Verg. Aen. iii. 701).Gelae, [Cadusii.] Gelanor (Te\avuip), king of Argos, was ex-pelled by Danaus. Gelduba (Gellep, below Cologne), a fortifiedplace of the Ubii on the Rhine in Lower Ger-many (Tac. Hist. iv. 25 ; Plin. xix. 90). Gellia Gens, plebeian, was of Samnite origin,and af
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