Marcus Atilius, a Roman consul, who is celebrated by ancient poets and historians for his self-sacrificing heroism during the first Punic war, about 260 B.C.

REIER, a town and district of Hindustan, in the province of Delhi. The town has much declined, in consequence of the seat of government having been removed to Nijhbabad. It is 80 miles N.N.W. from Barely; Long. 104.35. E., Lat. 57. N. The district is situated between the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth degrees of north latitude. It formerly constituted the northern limit of Kuttaher or Rohilcund, and was ceded to the British by the Nabob of Oude in the year 1801. Both town and district are now included in the collectorship of Barely.

REICHAU, a town of Bohemia, in the circle and 9 miles E.S.E. of Königgrätz. It has an old and a new princely palace, the latter one of the finest buildings of Bohemia, with a valuable library and picture gallery; a Piarist college, gymnasium, and another school; manufactures of linen and woollen cloth, and an important market for corn. Pop. 4500.