See also:

• SISSEK (Hungarian, Sziszek; Croatian, Sisak)

SISSEK (Hungarian, Sziszek; Croatian, Sisak)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of Croatia-Slavonia, 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 See also:

• AGRAM (Hungarian Zagreb, Croatian Zagreb)

Agram; situated at the confluence of the See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

Save and Kulpa, 3o in. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.E. by S. of Agram . Pop . (1900) 7047 . See also:

• SISSEK (Hungarian, Sziszek; Croatian, Sisak)

Sissek has a considerable See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

• TIMBER

timber . Its only noteworthy See also:

• BUILDING

building is an See also:

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

ancient See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle, constructed of See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick . As the vestiges of its See also:

• ROMAN

Roman walls tend to prove, Sissek was a large and flourishing See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city under Roman See also:

• RULE

rule . See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus made it a military station; Tiberius See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose it as his headquarters against the Pannonian rebels; and from Septimius See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus, who made it the centre of a military See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, it gained the name of Septimia Sissia . A See also:

• SEGESTA (Gr. "Eyeara)

Segesta, on the Save, is mentioned by See also:

• APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs)

Appian, and See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo distinguishes between this town and the neighbouring Siscia . It seems likely, as St Aymour suggests, that two towns, the native Segesta and the Roman fortress called by Strabo i) Dhriaa 4po6piov, ultimately See also:

• UNITED

united under the single name of Siscia . In the 3rd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, under See also:

• GALLIENUS, PUBLIUS LICINIUS EGNATIUS

Gallienus and See also:

• PROBUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• PROBUS, MARCUS VALERIUS

Probus, the city contained the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief imperial See also:

• MINT
• MINT (Lat. moneta; Mid. Eng. mynt)

mint and See also:

• TREASURY

treasury; and an engraved See also:

• COFFER (Fr. coffee, O. Fr. cofre or cofne, Lat. cophinus, cf. " coffin ")

coffer, found in Croatia, dating from the 4th century, and representing the five foremost cities of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, includes Siscia along with See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, See also:

• BYZANTIUM

Byzantium, See also:

• CARTHAGE
• CARTHAGE (Phoenician Kart-hadshat, " New City "; Gr. Kapxn5c; v, Lat. Carthago or Carchedon)
• CARTHAGE, SYNODS OF

Carthage and See also:

• NICOMEDIA [mod. Ismid]

Nicomedia . Its bishopric was removed to Salona, in 441, when See also:

• ATTILA (d. 453)

Attila appeared, and thenceforward the city declined . For a brief See also:

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

period, in the 7th and 8th centuries, the conquering Slays made it one of their Zupanates, or governments; but in the loth century it was sacked by the See also:

• MAGYARS

Magyars, and in 1092 its territories were bestowed upon the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter of Agram by See also:

• LADISLAUS [I.]

Ladislaus I., See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary .

Under the walls of its castle, built by this chapter in 1544, the See also:

• TURKS

Turks were thrice defeated in 1593 . At a See also:

• FOURTH

fourth venture the city See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell, only to be evacuated in 1594 . It witnessed a final See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish defeat in 1641 . See C. de St Aymour, See also:

• LES

Les Pays sad-slaves de l'Autriche-Hongrie (1883), ch. ii .