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Length, about 250 miles. Tiber. A colo al recumbent statue, of the period of the early Roman Empire, in the Louvre, Paris. Romulus and Remus, with the wolf, are at the river-god's side. Tiberias (ti-bē'ri-as). [Gr. Τιβεριάς : named by its founder from the emperor Tiberius.] A town in Palestine, situated on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, 17 miles east-northeast of Nazareth: the modern Tabarîya. It was founded by Herod Antipas in the first half of the 1st century A. D.; was long a seat of Hebrew learning; was a bulwark of the Crusaders; and was taken by Salad in in 1187. Population, 3,000. Tiberias, Battle of. A victory of Salad in over the Crusaders under Guy of Lusignan in 1187. It was followed by the capture of Jerusalem. Tiberias, Lake or Sea of. See Galilee , Sea of . Tiberius (ti-bē'ri-us) (Tiberius Claudius Nero Cæsar). Born Nov. 16, 42 B. C.: died March 16, 37 A. D. Roman emperor, son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla, and stepson of August us: infamous for his vices and cruelty. He was divorced by command of August us from his wife Vipsania A grip pin a (daughter of Agrippa), and 11 B. C. married Julia, daughter of August us and widow of Agrippa; served in Spain, in Armenia, against the Rhætians and Vindelicians, and on the Danube; became consul in 13 B. C., and tribune in 6 B. C.; spent several years practically in exile in Rhodes; returned to Rome in 2 A. D.; was adopted by August us in 4 A. D.; conducted several campaigns in Germany, Pannonia, and Dalmatia; and succeeded August us as emperor in 14 A. D. His administration of the affairs of the empire was generally succe ful, but his private life, especially in his later years (which were pa ed in large part on the island of Capri), was marked by gro vices and cruelty toward his enemies. His chief min ister was Sejanus. Tiberius. Byzantine emperor 578-582. Tibesti (tē-bes-tē'), or Tu (tö). A district in the eastern part of the Sahara, in the region inhabited by the Tibbus. Tibet, or Thibet (tib'et or ti-bet'). A land in central Asia: a dependency of China. It is bounded by the Kwenlun Mountains on the north (separating it from Eastern Turkestan), by China proper on the east, by the Himalaya on the south (separating it from British India, Bhutan, Nepal, etc.), and by Kashmir on the west. Chief city, Lhasa. The surface is an elevated table land: the interior is little known. It contains the sources of the Indus, Brahmaputra, Yangtse-Kiang, and other large rivers. The foreign and military affairs of Tibet are di rected by imperial delegates; the supreme civil authority is vested in the dalai-lama. The inhabitants are of Mongoloid race; the religion Lamaism and the Bon religion. Tibet became subject to China in the 17th century. Area, about 750,000 square miles. Population, about 1,600,000. Tibet, Little. See Baltis tan . Tibet, Middle. See Ladak . Tibullus (ti-bul'us), Albius. Born about 54 в. с.: died 18 B. C. A Roman elegiac poet. He was patronized by Me ala whom he accompanied in a campaign to A quit an i a. He wrote the first two of the books extant under his name. Tibur (ti'ber). The ancient name of Tivoli. Tiburon (tē-Bö-rōn'). ['Shark' island.] An island in the Gulf of California, about lat. 29° IMG:content-1113.png:[blocks in formation] Ticino (te-chēnō). [L. Ticinus , F. Te in , G. Te in .] A river in Switzerland and Italy, formed by the junction of two head streams near Airolo. It traverses the Val Leventina and the Riviera in the canton of Ticino, Lago Maggiore, and the Lombard plain, and joins the Po near Pavia. Its chief tributaries are the Brenno and Moësa. Length, about 150 miles. Ticino. [F. Te in, G. Te in.] A canton of Switzerland, bounded by Valais, Uri, Grisons, and Italy. Capital, Bell in zona. It sends 6 members to the National Council. The inhabitants are Italian in race and language, and Roman Catholic in religion. It was subjugated by Rome with the rest of Gallia Cisalpina; and fell under the power of the Ostrogoths in the 5th century, of the Longobards in the 6th, and of the Franks in the 8th. In the middle ages it was held in large part by Milan. The Val Leventina was conquered by Uri in 1403, and finally in 1440; and the remainder of Ticino was taken by the confederates and the Forest Cantons about 1500. It was divided into the cantons of Bell in zona and Lugano in 1798, and these were consolidated in 1803. A constitution was adopted in 1830. The canton has been disturbed by contests between the Ultramontanes and the radicals, and the intervention of federal troops was nece ary in 1876 and 1890. Area, 1,088 square miles. Population (1888), 126,751. Ticinum (ti-sī ́num). The Roman name of Pavia. Ticinus (ti-si'nus). The Roman name of the river Ticino. Ticinus, Battle of the. A victory gained near the Ticinus and probably near Pavia, 218 B. C., by Hannibal over the Romans under Publius