MEHADIA  , a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Krassb-Szoreny, 287 M . S.E. of See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1900), 2492 . The town is the site of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony Ad Mediam, near which passed the Roman road from the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube to See also:

• DACIA

Dacia . It contains the ruins of a fortress, and other Roman remains . In its neighbourhood are the famous See also:

• HERCULES
• HERCULES (0. Lat. Hercoles, Hercles)

Hercules See also:

• BATHS

baths (Hungarian, Herkulesfurdo) . These are situated in a narrow rocky See also:

• RAVINE

ravine in the valley of the Cserna, where there are 22 hot springs, of which nine are in use, the most powerful being the Hercules See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring . The springs are all strongly impregnated withsalts of See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur, See also:

• IODINE (symbol I, atomic weight '26.92)

iodine, See also:

• BROMINE (symbol Br, atomic weight 79-96)

bromine and See also:

• CHLORINE (symbol Cl, atomic weight 35`46 (0=16)

chlorine, and their See also:

• AVERAGE

average temperature is 700 to 145° F . They were famous in the Roman See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period under the name of Thermae Herculis or Fontes Herculis . Their popularity is attested by numerous See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions and See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics . After the fall of the Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire they See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into disuse until 2735, but in See also:

• MODERN

modern times they have been much frequented .