unknown : but in the reign of Tiberius the Reatines
had to contend against a more formidable danger,
arising from the project which had been suggested
of blocking up the outlet of the Lacus Velinus altogether; a measure which, as they justly complained,
would undoubtedly have inundated the whole valley.
(Tac. Ann. i. 79.) Similar disputes and difficulties
again arose in the middle ages ; and in A. d. 1400
a new channel was opened for the waters of the Velinus, which has continued in use ever since.
No other mention occurs of Reate under the Roman Empire; but inscriptions attest its continued
iimnicipal importance : its name is found in the
Itineraries (Itin. Ant. p. 306), and it early became
the see of a bishop, which it has continued ever
since. Throughout the middle ages it was, as it
still continues to be, the capital of the surrounding
country. No ancient remains are now visible at Ricti.
The territory of Reate was famous in ancient
times for its breed of mules and asses ; the latter
were particularly celebrated, and are said to have
been sometimes sold for a price as high as 300,000
or even 400,000 sesterces (Varr. R.R. ii. 8. § 3;
Plin. viii. 43. s. 68), though it is difficult not to
suppose some error in these numbers. Hence, Q.
.A.xius, a friend of Varro, who had a villa on the
Lacus Velinus, and extensive possessions in the
Eeatine territory, is introduced by Varro in his dialogues De Re Rustica, as discoursing on the subject of
breeding horses, mules, and asses. (Varr. R. R. ii.
1. § 8 ; Strab. v. p. 228.) It was at the villa of this
Q. Axius that Cicero lodged when he visited Reate.
(Cic. ad Att. iv. 15.) The Septeji Aquae, mentioned by him in the same passage, and alluded to
also by Dionysius (i. 14), were evidently some
springs or sources, which supplied one of the small
lakes in the valley of the Velinus. [E. H. B.]
RECHIUS. [Bolbe.]
REDINTUINUM ((Greek characters)), a town in the
northern part of the country occupied by the Marcomanni (Bohemia), is mentioned only by Ptolemy
(ii. 11. § 29). Some geographers regard it as
having occupied the site of the modern Prague, and
others identify it with Horziez ; but nothing certain can be said about the matter. [L. S.]
RE'DONES (Ῥήδονες, ᾽Ρηΐδονες), in the Celto-galatia Lugdunensis of Ptolemy (ii. 8. § 12), are
placed by him west of the Senones and along the
Liger. Their capital is Condate (Rennes). But
the Redones were not on the Loire. Pliny (iv. 18)
enumerates the Rhedones among the peoples of
Gallia Lugdunensis: "Diablindi, Rhedones, Turones."
After the bloody fight on the Sambre (b. c. 57)
Caesar sent P. Crassus with a single legion into
the country of the Veneti, Redones, and other Celtic
tribes between the Seine and the Loire, all of whom
submitted. (B. G. ii. 34.) Caesar here enumerates
the Redones among the maritime states whose territory extends to the ocean. In b. c. 52 the Redones with their neighbours sent a contingent to
attack Caesar during the siege of Alesia. In this
passage also (iJ. G. vii. 75), the Redones are enumerated among the states bordering on the ocean,
which in the Celtic language were called the
Armoric States. D'Anville supposes that their territory extended beyond the limits of the diocese of
Rennes into the dioceses of St. Malo and Dol. Their
chief town, Rennes, is the capital of the department
of Ille-et-Vilaine. [G. L.]
REGANUM, a northern tributary of the Danube,
REGILLUS LACUS.
the modern Rerjen in Bavaria, is noticed only once.
(Geogr. Rav. iv. 25.) [L. S.]
RE'GIA ((Greek characters), Ptol. ii. 2. § 10). 1. A place
in the interior of Hibernia, no doubt so named by
the Romans from its being a royal residence, the
proper name of which was unknown to them. It
was perhaps seated on the river Culmore, in the
neighbourhood of Oma/jk.
2. ((Greek characters), Ptol. I. c), another place of
the same description, conjectured to have been on
the river Bur.
3. Regia Carissa. [Carisa.] [T.H.D.]
REGIA'NA (called by Ptol. ii. 4. § 13, (Greek characters);
comp. Geogr. Rav. iv. 44, and Regina, Plin. iii. 3), a
town of Baetica, on the road from Hipsalis to
Emerita. (^Ttiu. Ant. p. 415.) Usually identified
with Puebla de la Reyna, where there are Roman
remains. [T. H. D.]
REGIA'NUM ((Greek characters), Ftol. iii. 10. § 10), a
place on the Danube in Moesia Inferior. It is pro-
bably the same place as the Augusta of the Itine-
rary (p. 220; comp. Tab. Pent.) and the hvyovarov
of Procopius {de Aed. iv. 6); in which case it may
be identified with Cotoszlin at the confluence of the
Ogristul and Banuhe. [T. H. D.]
REGILLUM ((Greek characters)), a town of the Sabines
mentioned by several ancient writers as the place of
residence of Atta or Attius Clausus, who migrated
to Rome about b. c. 505, with a large body of clients
and followers, where he adopted the name of Appius
Claudius and became the founder of the Claudian
tribe and family. (Liv. ii. 16; Dionys. v. 40;
Suet. Tib. 1 ; Serv. ad Aen. vii. 706.) About 60
years afterwards C. Claudius, the uncle of the
decemvir Appius Claudius, withdrew into retirement
to Regillum, as the native place of his forefathers
(" antiquam in patriam," Liv. iii. 58 ; Dionys. xi.
15). The name is not noticed on any other occasion,
nor is it found in any of the geographers, and we are
wholly without a chie to its position. [E. H. B.]
REGILLUS LACUS ((Greek characters), Dionys.: Lago di Cormtfelle), a small lake in Latium, at the
foot of the Tusculan hills, celebrated for the great
battle between the Romans and the Latins under
C. JIamilius, in b. c. 496. (Liv. ii. 19; Dionys.
vi. 3; Cic. de Nat. B. ii. 2, iii. 5; Plin. xxsiii. 2.
s. 11 ; Val. Max. i. 8. § 1 ; Vict. 17'-. ///. 16; Flor.
i. 11.) Hardly any event in the early Roman his-
tory has been more disguised by poetical embellish-
ment and fiction than the battle of Regilius, and it
is impossible to decide what amount of historical
character may be attached to it : but there is no
reason to doubt the existence of the lake, which was
assigned as the scene of the combat. It is expressly
described by Livy as situated in the territory of
Tusculum (ad lacum Regillum in agro Tusculano,"
Liv. ii. 19); and this seems decisive against the
identification of 'it with the small lake called II Laghetto di Sta Prassede, about a mile to the N. of La
Colonna; for this lake must have been in the territory of Labicum, if that city be correctly placed at
La Colonna [Labicum], and at all events could
hardly have been in that of Tusculum. Moreover,
the site of this lake being close to the Via Labicana
would more probably have been indicated by some
reference to that high-road than by the vague phrase
"in agro Tusculano." A much more plausible suggestion is that of Gell, that it occupied the site of a
volcanic crater, now drained of its waters, but which
was certainly once occupied by a lake, at a place
called Cornufelle, at the foot of the hill on which
