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ANCYRA

Volume 2 · 43 words · 1823 Edition

the capital of Galatia, (Livy, Pliny, Ptolemy;) at no great distance from the river Halys, (Livy;) said to be built by Midas, king of Phrygia, and to take its name from an anchor found there (Pausanias). It was greatly improved by Augustus, deem-