. Scribonius.] Lariuum (Larlnas, -atis: Larino), a town ofthe Frentani (whence the inhabitants are calledLarinates cognomine Frentani; Plin. iii. 105),on the river Tifernus, and near the borders ofApulia, subsequently a Roman municipium(Cic. pro Cluent. 4, 10), possessed a consider-able territory extending dowu to the Adriaticsea. The speech of Cicero pro Cluentio enterslargely into the local affairs of Larinum. Larissa (Adpiaffa), the name of several Pelas-gian places, whence Larissa is called in my-thology the daughter of Pelasgus
. Scribonius.] Lariuum (Larlnas, -atis: Larino), a town ofthe Frentani (whence the inhabitants are calledLarinates cognomine Frentani; Plin. iii. 105),on the river Tifernus, and near the borders ofApulia, subsequently a Roman municipium(Cic. pro Cluent. 4, 10), possessed a consider-able territory extending dowu to the Adriaticsea. The speech of Cicero pro Cluentio enterslargely into the local affairs of Larinum. Larissa (Adpiaffa), the name of several Pelas-gian places, whence Larissa is called in my-thology the daughter of Pelasgus (Paus. , 1). I. In Europe. 1. (Larissa or Larza),an important town of Thessaly, in Pelasgiotis,situated on the Peneus, in an extensive was once the capital of the Pelasgi, and hada democratical constitution, and hence allieditself to Athens in the Peloponnesian war ( 22; Ar. Pol. v. 6), but subsequently becamesubject to the Macedonians. It retained itsimportance under the Romans, and was theseat of the district council or diet which the. Coin of Larissa in Thessaly. (Early in 4th cent. )Obv., head of nymph Larissa ; rev., AAPI2AIGN, horse (acommon type for the equestrian people of Thessaly). Thessalians were allowed to retain for theirlocal affairs. (Appian, ii. 88; Plut. ; cf. Liv. xxxvi. 8, xlii. 38.) After the timeof Constantine the Great it became the capitalof the province of Thessaly.—2. SurnamedCremaste (rj Kpefjiaa-ri)), another importanttown of Thessaly, in Phthiotis, situated on aheight, whence probably its name, and distant20 stadia from the Maliac gulf (Strab. , 440). II. In Asia. 1. An ancient city onthe coast of the Troad, near Hamaxitus ( 101; Strab. p. 620).—2. L. Phriconis (] 4>pM<»vis, also at Aripiaaai), a city on thecoast of Mysia, near Cyme (hence called r\ ireplrrjv Kifir]v), of Pelasgian origin, but colonisedby the Aeolians, and made a member of theAeolic confederacy. It is probably the L
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