Bagrăda

, now Megerda , a river of Africa near Utica, where Regulus killed a serpent 120 feet long. Pliny , bk. 8 , ch. 14 . ♦ Baiæ , a city of Camp an i a near the sea, founded by Baius, one of the companions of Uly es. It was famous for its delightful situation and baths, where many of the Roman senators had country houses. Its ancient grandeur, however, has now disappeared, and Baiæ, with its magnificent villas, has yielded to the tremendous earthquakes which afflict and convulse Italy, and it is no longer to be found. Martial , bk. 14 , ltr. 81 .— Horace , bk. 1 , ltr. 1 .— Strabo , bk. 5 . ♦ ‘Balæ’ replaced with ‘Baiæ’