. e consonant V; theleft half of H for the sound of the Greek v, andan inverted sigma for ps. These (except thelast) appear in some inscriptions of that reign,but soon fell into disuse. Claudius II. (M. Aurelius Claudius, sur-named Gothicus), Roman emperor 208-270, was descended from an obscure family inDardania or Illyria, and by his military talentsrose to distinction under Decius, Valerian, andGallienus. He succeeded to the empire on thedeath of Gallienus (268), and soon after hisaccession defeated the Alemanni in the N. ofIt
. e consonant V; theleft half of H for the sound of the Greek v, andan inverted sigma for ps. These (except thelast) appear in some inscriptions of that reign,but soon fell into disuse. Claudius II. (M. Aurelius Claudius, sur-named Gothicus), Roman emperor 208-270, was descended from an obscure family inDardania or Illyria, and by his military talentsrose to distinction under Decius, Valerian, andGallienus. He succeeded to the empire on thedeath of Gallienus (268), and soon after hisaccession defeated the Alemanni in the N. ofItaly. Next year he gained a great victory overan immense host of Goths near Naissus inDardania, and received in consequence the sur-name Gothicus. He died at Sinnium in 270,and was succeeded by Aurelian. (Trebell. ; Zosim. i. 40-43.) Clazomenae (of KAafyixtvai . KXa(ofiivios :Keluman), an important city of Asia Minor,and a member of the Ionian Dodecapolis, layon the N. coast of the Ionian peninsula, uponthe gulf of Smyrna. The city was said to have. Coin of Clazomenae in Asia , Head of Apollo; rrv., swan (sacred to Apollo andabundant on the HorrouB): legend , and llpacJutd(a magistrates name?): date Uh cent. been founded by the Colophonians under Para-lus, on the site of the later town of Chytrium,but to have been removed further E., as a 1 defence against the Persians, to a small island,which Alexander afterwards united to the main-land by a causeway. It was one of the weakermembers of the Ionian league, and was chieflypeopled, not by Ionians, but by Cleonaeans andPhliasians. Under the Romans it was a free ?I city. It had a considerable commerce, and wascelebrated for its temples of Apollo, Artemis,! and Cybele, and still more as the birthplace ofAnaxagoras. (Hdt. i. 142, ii. 178; Paus. vii. 3,.; 8 ; Strab. p. 644 ; Liv. xxxviii. 39.) Oleander (KAeavdpos). 1. Tyrant of Gela,.reigned seven years, and was murdered was succeeded by his b
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