or TRIERS (in Latin Trevere, Trevres, Treviris, or Augusta Trevirorum), the capital of the German archbishopric of the same name, stands 60 miles west of Mentz, 52 south of Cologne, and 82 north of Strasburg. This city vies with most in Europe for antiquity, having been a large and noted town before Augustus settled a colony in it. It was free and imperial till the year 1360, when it was surprised and subjected by its archbishop James III. It stands on the Moselle, over which it has a fair stone bridge. The cathedral is a large building; and near it stands the elector's palace.

Here are three collegiate and five parish churches, an university founded in 1472, with some remains of the ancient Roman theatre. Roman coins and medals are often found in the ruins of the old city. The private houses here are mean; and the city is neither well fortified nor inhabited. Four-fifths of this archbishopric were seized by France in 1794 and united to her territories; and the remaining parts were secularised and distributed among certain princes in 1802. In 1814 the part which France held was given to Prussia. E. Long. 6. 41. N. Lat. 49. 45.