. of Persia. [Sassanidae.] Narses {Napa-rjs), a celebrated general andstatesman in the reign of Justinian, was aeunuch. He put an end to the Gothic dominionin Italy by two brilliant campaigns, A. D. 552,553, and annexed Italy again to the Byzantineempire. He was rewarded by Justinian withthe government of the country, which he heldfor many years. He was deprived of this officeby Justin, the successor of Justinian, where-upon he invited the Lombards to invade invitation was eagerly accepted by theirking Alboin; but it is sai


. of Persia. [Sassanidae.] Narses {Napa-rjs), a celebrated general andstatesman in the reign of Justinian, was aeunuch. He put an end to the Gothic dominionin Italy by two brilliant campaigns, A. D. 552,553, and annexed Italy again to the Byzantineempire. He was rewarded by Justinian withthe government of the country, which he heldfor many years. He was deprived of this officeby Justin, the successor of Justinian, where-upon he invited the Lombards to invade invitation was eagerly accepted by theirking Alboin; but it is said that Narses soonafter repented of his conduct, and died of griefat Rome shortly after the Lombards had crossedthe Alps (568). Narses was 95 years of age atthe time of his death (Procop. B. G. ii. 13, iii., iv.). Narthacium (NapBaKtov), a town in Thessaly,on M. Narthacius, SW. of Pharsalus (Xen. 3 ; Ptol. iii. 13, 46). Naryx, also Narycus or Narycium (Nopu£?NdpvKos, Napviciov: NapvKtos, NapvKaios: Ta-landa or Talanti), a town of the Locri Opuntii. NASAMONES NAUPLIUS 587 on the Euboean sea, the reputed birthplace ofAjax, son of Oileus, who is hence called Nary-cius lieros (Strab. p. 425; Or. Met. xiv. 46b).Since Locri Epizephyrii in the S. of Italy claimedto be a colony from Xaryx in Greece, the townof Locri is called Xarycia by the poets, and thepitch of Bruttinm Narycia l Verg. Aen. iii. 3J9,Georg. ii. 438 ; Plin. xiv. 127, 128). Nasamones (Naves), a powerful butsavage Libyan people, who dwelt originally onthe shores of the Great Syrtis, but were driveninland by the Greek settlers of Cyrenaica, andafterwards by the Romans. An interesting ac-count of their manners and customs, especiallyof their ancestor-worship, is given by Herodotus(it. 172), who also tells (ii. 32) a curious storyrespecting an expedition beyond the LibyanDesert, undertaken by five Xasamonian youthswho reached a large river, possibly the Niger,and a country of dwarfs. [Nigeib.] Nasica, Sciplo. [Scr


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