The
offerings
were set Paris, 1567, fol.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - b
i.
24, ix.
5; Polyb.
iii.
26 ; Plut.
Sull.
but in all the towns regulated according to a
10. )
(L. S. ) Roman or Latin model. (Hertzberg, De Diis Rom.
LA'PITHES (Aanſons), a son of Apollo and Patr. p. 47. ) Among the Lares publici we have
Stilbe, the brother of Centaurus, and husband of mention of Lares praestites and Lares compitales,
Orsinome, the daughter of Eurynomus, by whom who are in reality the same, and differ only in
he became the father of Phorbas, Triopas, and regard to the place or occasion of their worship.
Periphas. He was regarded as the ancestor of the Servius Tullius is said to have instituted their
Lapithae in the mountains of Thessaly. (Hom. worship (Plin. H. N. xxxvi. 70); and when Au-
Il. xii. 128; Diod. ir. 69, v. 61. ) They were gustus improved the regulations of the city made
governed by Peirithous, who being a son of Ixion, by that king, he also renewed the worship of the
was a half-brother of the Centaurs. The latter, public Lares. Their name, Lares praestites, cha-
therefore, demanded their share in their father's racterises them as the protecting spirits of the city
kingdom, and, as their claims were not satisfied, a(Ov. Fast. v. 134), in which they had a temple in
war arose between the Lapithae and Centaurs, the uppermost part of the Via Sacra, that is, near a
which, however, was terminated by a peace. But compitum, whence they might be called compitales.
when Peirithous married Hippodameia, and invited (Solin. 1 ; Ov. Fast. v. 128; Tacit. Ann. xii. 24. )
the Centaurs to the solemnity, a bloody war, stirred This temple (Sacellum Larum or aedes Larum)
by Ares, broke out between the Lapithae and Cen-contained two images, which were probably those
taurs, in which the latter were defeated ; but the of Romulus and Remus, and before them stood a
Lapithae were afterwards humbled by Heracles. stone figure of a dog, either the symbol of watch-
(Hom. Od. xxi: 295,Il. xii. 128, 181 ; Orph. Aryon. fulness, or because a dog was the ordinary sacrifice
413; Diod. iv. 70; Paus. i. 7. $ 2, v. 10. § 8 ; offered to the Lares. Now, while these Lares
Scrab. ix. p. 439; Ov. Vet. xii. 210, &c. ; Horat. were the general protectors of the whole city, the
Carm. i. 18. 5; Plin. H. N. iv. 8, 15, xxxvi. Lares compitales must be regarded as those who
5, 4. )
[L. S. ) presided over the sereral divisions of the city,
LÁRA. (LARUNDA. ]
which were marked by the compita or the points
LARE'NTIA. [Acca LARESTIA. ]
where two or more streets crossed each other, and
LAR or LARS (ápas, Plut. Polic. 16, nápos, where small chapels (uediculue) were erected to
Dionys. v. 21), was an Etruscan praenomen, borne those Lares, the number of which must have been
for instance by Porsena and Tolumnius, and from very great at Rome. As Augustus wished to be
the Etruscans passed over to the Romans ; hence regarded as the second founder of the city, the
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LARONIUS.
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.
3
genius Augusti was added to the Lares praestites, p. 203). IIc was a pupil of Tryphon (c. xliv. $
just as among the Lares of a family the genius of 175, p. 222) and Apuleius Celsus (c. xxii. 94,
the paterfamilias also was worshipped.
p. 208, c. xlv. $ 171, p. 221). He appears to have
But besides the Lares praestites and compitales, written several medical works in Latin (Prarf. p.
there are some other Lares which must be reckoned 188), of which only one remains, entitled “ Com-
among the public ones, viz. , the Lares rurales, who positiones Medicnc,” or “ De Compositione Medi-
were worshipped in the country, and whose origin camentorum. ” It is dedicated to c. Julius Cal-
was probably traced to certain heroes who had at listus, at whose request it was written, at a time
one time benefitted the republic. (Cic. De Leg. when Largus was away from home (perhaps in
ii. 11 ; Tibull. i. 1. 24. ) The Lares arvales pro- Britain), and deprived of the greater part of his
bably belonged to the same class. (Klausen, De library (l'ruef. ). It consists of nearly three hun-
Curm. Frał. Arval. p. 62. ) We have also mention dred medical formulac, several of which are quoted
of Lares viales, who were worshipped on the high- by Galen (De Compos. Medicam. Scc. Loc. vol. xii.
roads by travellers (Plaut. Merc. v. 2, 22 ; Serv. pp. 683, 730, 764, vol. xiii. pp. 67, 280, 284, &c. ),
ad Aen. iii. 302); and of the Larcs marini or and is interesting, as tending to illustrate the Ma-
permarini, to whom P. Acmilius dedicated a sinc- teria Medica of the ancients, but in no other point
tuary in remembrance of his naval victory over of view. It has been supposed that the work was
Antiochus. (Liv. xl. 52. )
originally written in Greek, and translated into
The worship of the Lares was likewise partly Latin by some later author, and that it is this
public and partly private. The domestic Lares, version only that we now possess ; but there does
like the Penates, formed the religious eleinents not seem to be any sufficient reason for this con-
of the Roman household (Cic. De Repub. iv, in jecture. It was first published at Paris, 15:29, fol.
fin. , ad Fam. i. 9, in l'err. iii. 24; Cat. De Re appended by J. Ruellius to his edition of Celsus.
Rust. 143); and their worship, together with that Another edition was published in the same year at
of the Penates and Manes, constituted what are Basel, 8vo. The best edition is that of J. Rhodius,
called the sacra privata. The images of the Lares, Patav. 1655, 4to. , containing an improved text,
in great houses, were usually in a separate com- copious and learned notes, and a “ Lexicon Scribo-
partment, called acdiculuc or lararia. (Juven. viii. nianum. ” The last edition is that by J. Mich.
110 ; Tibull. i. 10. 22 ; Petron. 29 ; Ael. Lamprid. Bernhold, Argent. 1786, 8vo. , containing the text
Alex. Sev. 28 ; comp. Dict
. of Ant. s. v. Lararium. ) of Rhodius, but omitting his notes and “Lexicon
The Lares were generally represented in the cinctus Scribon. ” The work of Scribonius Largus is also
Gabinus (Pers. v. 31 ; Ov. Fush. ii. 634), and their contained in the collections of medical authors pub-
worship was very simple, especially in the early lished by Aldus, Venet. 1547, fol. and H. Stephens,
times and in the country.
The offerings were set Paris, 1567, fol. C. G. Kühn published in 1825,
before them in patellae, whence they themselves are 4to. Lips. , a specimen of Otto Sperling's “ Observa-
called patellarii (Plaut. Cistell. ii. 2. 55), and pious tiones in Scribonium,” from a MS. at Copenhagen.
people made offerings to them every day (Plaut. See Haller's Biblioth. Medic. Pract. , and Biblioth.
Aulul. Prolog. ) ; but they were more especially Botan. ; Sprengel, Hist. de la Méd. ; Fabric. Biblioth.
worshipped on the calends, nones, and ides of every Lat. ; Choulant, Handb. der Bücherkunde für die
month. (Cat. De Re Rust. 143 ; Horat. Carm. Aeltere Medicin.
(W. A. G. ]
iii. 23. 2; Tibull. i. 3. 33 ; Virg. Eclog. i. 43. ) LARGUS, VALE'RIUS, had been a friend of
When the inhabitants of the house took their Cornelius Gallus, but accused him before the em-
meals, some portion was offered to the Lares, and peror Augustus. Largus was in consequence treated
on joyful family occasions they were adorned with with marked contempt at Rome. (Dion Cass. liii.
wreaths, and the lararia were thrown open. (Plaut. 23, 24. )
Aulul. ii. 8. 15; Ov. Fast. ii. 633; Pers. iii. 24, LA'ŘICHUS (Nápixos), one of Sappho's bro-
&c. , v. 31 ; Propert. i. 1. 132 ; Petron. 38. ) | thers, was cup-bearer in the prytaneium of the
When the young bride entered the house of her Mytilenaeans, and was praised in his sister's
husband, her first duty was to offer a sacrifice to poems. (Athen. x. p. 425, a. ; Eustath. ad 11. xx.
the Lares. (Macrob. Sut. i. 15. ) Respecting the p. 1280; Schol. Victorin. ad Il. xx. 234. ) (P. S. ]
public worship of the Lares, and the festival of LARI SCOLUS, ACCOLEIUS. (ACCOLELA
the Larentalia, see Dict. of Ant. s. v. Larentalia, Gens. )
Compitalia. (Comp. Hempel, De Diis Laribus, LARISSA (Náplora), a daughter of Pelasgus,
Zwickau, 1797 ; Müller, De Diis Romanorum from whom the arx of Argos and two Thessalian
Laribus et Penatibus, Hafniae, 1811; Schömann, towns are believed to have derired their name.
De Diis Manibus, Laribus et Geniis, Greifswald, (Paus. ii. 24. § 1 ; Strab. xiv. p. 621, who calls
1840; Hertzberg, De Diis Romanorum Patriis, her a daughter of Piasus, a Pelasgian prince. ) (L. S. )
sive de Larum atque Penatium tam publicorum quam LARISSAEUS and LARISSA EA (Λαρισσαίος
privatorum Religione et Cultu, Halae, 1840. ) [L. S. ] and Mapiogaia), surnames of Zeus and Apollo, de-
LA'RGIUS LICI'NIUS. (LARTIUS Lici- rived from the arx Larissa at Argos (Paus. ii. 24.
NIUS. ]
Ś 4 ; Strab. ix. p. 440, xiv. 649 ; Steph. Byz. s. l'.
LARGUS, CAECINA. (Caecina, Nos. 6 Adplooa), and of Athena, who derived it from
and 7. )
the river Larissus, between Elis and Achain,
LANGUS, SCRIBO'NIUS, a Roman phy- where the goddess had a sanctuary. (Paus. vii. 17.
sician, whose praenomen is unknown, and who $ 3. )
(L. S. )
sometimes bears the agnomen Desimatianus. He LARO'NIUS, an officer of Augustus in the
lived at Rome in the first century after Christ, Sicilian war with Sext. Pompey, B. c. 36. He
and is said to have been physician to the emperor was despatched with three legions by M. Agrippa
Claudius, and to have accompanied him in his ex- to relieve L. Cornificius from his perilous situation
pedition to Britain. He himself mentions Messa- at Tauromenium, in Sicily [L. CORNIFICIUS, No
lina, the wife “ Dei nostri Caesaris" (c. xi. $ 60, 5). (Appian, B. C. v. 12, 15. ) (W. B. D. ]
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LASUS.
LARS TOLU'MNIUS, (TOLUMNIUS. ) death, by that monarch. An anecdote related hy
LA'RTIA GENS, patrician, distinguished at Plutarch shows that Lasthenes was resident at the
the beginning of the republic through two of its court of Philip at a subsequent period. (Dem. do
members, T. Lartius, the first dictator, and Sp. Chers. p. 99, Philipp. iii. p. 128, De Cor. p. 241,
Lartius, the companion of Horatins on the wooden De Fals. Legg. pp. 4225, 4:26, 451 ; Diod. xvi. 53 ;
bridge. The name soon after disappears entirely from Plut. Apopleth. p. 173. See also Thirlwall's Grecce
the annals. The Lartii were of Etruscan origin, as vol. v. p. 315. )
their name clearly shows. The Etruscan word 2. A Cretan, who furnished Demctrius Nicator
Lars means Lord, with which it is perhaps etymo- with the body of mercenaries with which he landed
logically connected. It is spelt on Etruscan sepul- | in Syria to wrest that kingdom from the hands of
chml inscriptions either Larth, Lart, Laris, or else the usurper Alexander Blus. It appears that
Larce (Müller, Etrusc. vol. i. pp. 108, 409). | Lasthenes himself accompanied the young prince ;
Hence the various ways of spelling the name, and when Demetrius was established on the throne
Livy has it always Lartius, Dionysius has náprios was appointed by him his chief minister, and the
and nápos; all three spellings occur on Latin supreme direction of all affairs placed in his hands.
inscriptions (comp. Index Roni. of Gruter's The-llence the blame of the arbitrary and tyrannical
saurus Inscr. ). The Lartii, according to Dionysius, conduct by which Demetrius speedily alienated the
bore the surname FLAVUS.
(W. I. ) affections of his subjects is imputed in great mca-
LA'RTIUS LICI'NIUS, a contemporary of the sure to the minister. It was Lasthenes also who,
elder Pliny, was practor in Spain, and subsequently by persuading the king to disband the greater part
the governor (iegatus) of one of the imperial pro- of his troops, and retain only a body of Cretan
vinces. He died before Pliny. (Plin.
10. )
(L. S. ) Roman or Latin model. (Hertzberg, De Diis Rom.
LA'PITHES (Aanſons), a son of Apollo and Patr. p. 47. ) Among the Lares publici we have
Stilbe, the brother of Centaurus, and husband of mention of Lares praestites and Lares compitales,
Orsinome, the daughter of Eurynomus, by whom who are in reality the same, and differ only in
he became the father of Phorbas, Triopas, and regard to the place or occasion of their worship.
Periphas. He was regarded as the ancestor of the Servius Tullius is said to have instituted their
Lapithae in the mountains of Thessaly. (Hom. worship (Plin. H. N. xxxvi. 70); and when Au-
Il. xii. 128; Diod. ir. 69, v. 61. ) They were gustus improved the regulations of the city made
governed by Peirithous, who being a son of Ixion, by that king, he also renewed the worship of the
was a half-brother of the Centaurs. The latter, public Lares. Their name, Lares praestites, cha-
therefore, demanded their share in their father's racterises them as the protecting spirits of the city
kingdom, and, as their claims were not satisfied, a(Ov. Fast. v. 134), in which they had a temple in
war arose between the Lapithae and Centaurs, the uppermost part of the Via Sacra, that is, near a
which, however, was terminated by a peace. But compitum, whence they might be called compitales.
when Peirithous married Hippodameia, and invited (Solin. 1 ; Ov. Fast. v. 128; Tacit. Ann. xii. 24. )
the Centaurs to the solemnity, a bloody war, stirred This temple (Sacellum Larum or aedes Larum)
by Ares, broke out between the Lapithae and Cen-contained two images, which were probably those
taurs, in which the latter were defeated ; but the of Romulus and Remus, and before them stood a
Lapithae were afterwards humbled by Heracles. stone figure of a dog, either the symbol of watch-
(Hom. Od. xxi: 295,Il. xii. 128, 181 ; Orph. Aryon. fulness, or because a dog was the ordinary sacrifice
413; Diod. iv. 70; Paus. i. 7. $ 2, v. 10. § 8 ; offered to the Lares. Now, while these Lares
Scrab. ix. p. 439; Ov. Vet. xii. 210, &c. ; Horat. were the general protectors of the whole city, the
Carm. i. 18. 5; Plin. H. N. iv. 8, 15, xxxvi. Lares compitales must be regarded as those who
5, 4. )
[L. S. ) presided over the sereral divisions of the city,
LÁRA. (LARUNDA. ]
which were marked by the compita or the points
LARE'NTIA. [Acca LARESTIA. ]
where two or more streets crossed each other, and
LAR or LARS (ápas, Plut. Polic. 16, nápos, where small chapels (uediculue) were erected to
Dionys. v. 21), was an Etruscan praenomen, borne those Lares, the number of which must have been
for instance by Porsena and Tolumnius, and from very great at Rome. As Augustus wished to be
the Etruscans passed over to the Romans ; hence regarded as the second founder of the city, the
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LARGUS.
LARONIUS.
9
.
3
genius Augusti was added to the Lares praestites, p. 203). IIc was a pupil of Tryphon (c. xliv. $
just as among the Lares of a family the genius of 175, p. 222) and Apuleius Celsus (c. xxii. 94,
the paterfamilias also was worshipped.
p. 208, c. xlv. $ 171, p. 221). He appears to have
But besides the Lares praestites and compitales, written several medical works in Latin (Prarf. p.
there are some other Lares which must be reckoned 188), of which only one remains, entitled “ Com-
among the public ones, viz. , the Lares rurales, who positiones Medicnc,” or “ De Compositione Medi-
were worshipped in the country, and whose origin camentorum. ” It is dedicated to c. Julius Cal-
was probably traced to certain heroes who had at listus, at whose request it was written, at a time
one time benefitted the republic. (Cic. De Leg. when Largus was away from home (perhaps in
ii. 11 ; Tibull. i. 1. 24. ) The Lares arvales pro- Britain), and deprived of the greater part of his
bably belonged to the same class. (Klausen, De library (l'ruef. ). It consists of nearly three hun-
Curm. Frał. Arval. p. 62. ) We have also mention dred medical formulac, several of which are quoted
of Lares viales, who were worshipped on the high- by Galen (De Compos. Medicam. Scc. Loc. vol. xii.
roads by travellers (Plaut. Merc. v. 2, 22 ; Serv. pp. 683, 730, 764, vol. xiii. pp. 67, 280, 284, &c. ),
ad Aen. iii. 302); and of the Larcs marini or and is interesting, as tending to illustrate the Ma-
permarini, to whom P. Acmilius dedicated a sinc- teria Medica of the ancients, but in no other point
tuary in remembrance of his naval victory over of view. It has been supposed that the work was
Antiochus. (Liv. xl. 52. )
originally written in Greek, and translated into
The worship of the Lares was likewise partly Latin by some later author, and that it is this
public and partly private. The domestic Lares, version only that we now possess ; but there does
like the Penates, formed the religious eleinents not seem to be any sufficient reason for this con-
of the Roman household (Cic. De Repub. iv, in jecture. It was first published at Paris, 15:29, fol.
fin. , ad Fam. i. 9, in l'err. iii. 24; Cat. De Re appended by J. Ruellius to his edition of Celsus.
Rust. 143); and their worship, together with that Another edition was published in the same year at
of the Penates and Manes, constituted what are Basel, 8vo. The best edition is that of J. Rhodius,
called the sacra privata. The images of the Lares, Patav. 1655, 4to. , containing an improved text,
in great houses, were usually in a separate com- copious and learned notes, and a “ Lexicon Scribo-
partment, called acdiculuc or lararia. (Juven. viii. nianum. ” The last edition is that by J. Mich.
110 ; Tibull. i. 10. 22 ; Petron. 29 ; Ael. Lamprid. Bernhold, Argent. 1786, 8vo. , containing the text
Alex. Sev. 28 ; comp. Dict
. of Ant. s. v. Lararium. ) of Rhodius, but omitting his notes and “Lexicon
The Lares were generally represented in the cinctus Scribon. ” The work of Scribonius Largus is also
Gabinus (Pers. v. 31 ; Ov. Fush. ii. 634), and their contained in the collections of medical authors pub-
worship was very simple, especially in the early lished by Aldus, Venet. 1547, fol. and H. Stephens,
times and in the country.
The offerings were set Paris, 1567, fol. C. G. Kühn published in 1825,
before them in patellae, whence they themselves are 4to. Lips. , a specimen of Otto Sperling's “ Observa-
called patellarii (Plaut. Cistell. ii. 2. 55), and pious tiones in Scribonium,” from a MS. at Copenhagen.
people made offerings to them every day (Plaut. See Haller's Biblioth. Medic. Pract. , and Biblioth.
Aulul. Prolog. ) ; but they were more especially Botan. ; Sprengel, Hist. de la Méd. ; Fabric. Biblioth.
worshipped on the calends, nones, and ides of every Lat. ; Choulant, Handb. der Bücherkunde für die
month. (Cat. De Re Rust. 143 ; Horat. Carm. Aeltere Medicin.
(W. A. G. ]
iii. 23. 2; Tibull. i. 3. 33 ; Virg. Eclog. i. 43. ) LARGUS, VALE'RIUS, had been a friend of
When the inhabitants of the house took their Cornelius Gallus, but accused him before the em-
meals, some portion was offered to the Lares, and peror Augustus. Largus was in consequence treated
on joyful family occasions they were adorned with with marked contempt at Rome. (Dion Cass. liii.
wreaths, and the lararia were thrown open. (Plaut. 23, 24. )
Aulul. ii. 8. 15; Ov. Fast. ii. 633; Pers. iii. 24, LA'ŘICHUS (Nápixos), one of Sappho's bro-
&c. , v. 31 ; Propert. i. 1. 132 ; Petron. 38. ) | thers, was cup-bearer in the prytaneium of the
When the young bride entered the house of her Mytilenaeans, and was praised in his sister's
husband, her first duty was to offer a sacrifice to poems. (Athen. x. p. 425, a. ; Eustath. ad 11. xx.
the Lares. (Macrob. Sut. i. 15. ) Respecting the p. 1280; Schol. Victorin. ad Il. xx. 234. ) (P. S. ]
public worship of the Lares, and the festival of LARI SCOLUS, ACCOLEIUS. (ACCOLELA
the Larentalia, see Dict. of Ant. s. v. Larentalia, Gens. )
Compitalia. (Comp. Hempel, De Diis Laribus, LARISSA (Náplora), a daughter of Pelasgus,
Zwickau, 1797 ; Müller, De Diis Romanorum from whom the arx of Argos and two Thessalian
Laribus et Penatibus, Hafniae, 1811; Schömann, towns are believed to have derired their name.
De Diis Manibus, Laribus et Geniis, Greifswald, (Paus. ii. 24. § 1 ; Strab. xiv. p. 621, who calls
1840; Hertzberg, De Diis Romanorum Patriis, her a daughter of Piasus, a Pelasgian prince. ) (L. S. )
sive de Larum atque Penatium tam publicorum quam LARISSAEUS and LARISSA EA (Λαρισσαίος
privatorum Religione et Cultu, Halae, 1840. ) [L. S. ] and Mapiogaia), surnames of Zeus and Apollo, de-
LA'RGIUS LICI'NIUS. (LARTIUS Lici- rived from the arx Larissa at Argos (Paus. ii. 24.
NIUS. ]
Ś 4 ; Strab. ix. p. 440, xiv. 649 ; Steph. Byz. s. l'.
LARGUS, CAECINA. (Caecina, Nos. 6 Adplooa), and of Athena, who derived it from
and 7. )
the river Larissus, between Elis and Achain,
LANGUS, SCRIBO'NIUS, a Roman phy- where the goddess had a sanctuary. (Paus. vii. 17.
sician, whose praenomen is unknown, and who $ 3. )
(L. S. )
sometimes bears the agnomen Desimatianus. He LARO'NIUS, an officer of Augustus in the
lived at Rome in the first century after Christ, Sicilian war with Sext. Pompey, B. c. 36. He
and is said to have been physician to the emperor was despatched with three legions by M. Agrippa
Claudius, and to have accompanied him in his ex- to relieve L. Cornificius from his perilous situation
pedition to Britain. He himself mentions Messa- at Tauromenium, in Sicily [L. CORNIFICIUS, No
lina, the wife “ Dei nostri Caesaris" (c. xi. $ 60, 5). (Appian, B. C. v. 12, 15. ) (W. B. D. ]
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723
LASUS.
LARS TOLU'MNIUS, (TOLUMNIUS. ) death, by that monarch. An anecdote related hy
LA'RTIA GENS, patrician, distinguished at Plutarch shows that Lasthenes was resident at the
the beginning of the republic through two of its court of Philip at a subsequent period. (Dem. do
members, T. Lartius, the first dictator, and Sp. Chers. p. 99, Philipp. iii. p. 128, De Cor. p. 241,
Lartius, the companion of Horatins on the wooden De Fals. Legg. pp. 4225, 4:26, 451 ; Diod. xvi. 53 ;
bridge. The name soon after disappears entirely from Plut. Apopleth. p. 173. See also Thirlwall's Grecce
the annals. The Lartii were of Etruscan origin, as vol. v. p. 315. )
their name clearly shows. The Etruscan word 2. A Cretan, who furnished Demctrius Nicator
Lars means Lord, with which it is perhaps etymo- with the body of mercenaries with which he landed
logically connected. It is spelt on Etruscan sepul- | in Syria to wrest that kingdom from the hands of
chml inscriptions either Larth, Lart, Laris, or else the usurper Alexander Blus. It appears that
Larce (Müller, Etrusc. vol. i. pp. 108, 409). | Lasthenes himself accompanied the young prince ;
Hence the various ways of spelling the name, and when Demetrius was established on the throne
Livy has it always Lartius, Dionysius has náprios was appointed by him his chief minister, and the
and nápos; all three spellings occur on Latin supreme direction of all affairs placed in his hands.
inscriptions (comp. Index Roni. of Gruter's The-llence the blame of the arbitrary and tyrannical
saurus Inscr. ). The Lartii, according to Dionysius, conduct by which Demetrius speedily alienated the
bore the surname FLAVUS.
(W. I. ) affections of his subjects is imputed in great mca-
LA'RTIUS LICI'NIUS, a contemporary of the sure to the minister. It was Lasthenes also who,
elder Pliny, was practor in Spain, and subsequently by persuading the king to disband the greater part
the governor (iegatus) of one of the imperial pro- of his troops, and retain only a body of Cretan
vinces. He died before Pliny. (Plin.
