a form of government, wherein the administration of affairs is confined to a few hands.

OLISIPO, (Pliny, Antonine, Inscriptions); a town of Lusitania, situate on the north side of the frith of the Tagus; of such antiquity, that Solinus thought it was built by Ulysses: and Mela, probably to favour this opinion, writes, according to the common copies, Ulyssipo; both of them perhaps deceived by the similarity of sound. It was a municipium, with the surname Felicitas Julia, a privilege granted by the munificence nificence of Augustus, (Inscriptions, Pliny.) Now Lisbon, capital of Portugal, situate on the north bank of the Tagus, distant about ten miles from its mouth.