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EGYSSOS (Ancient city) KATO MISSIA
Aegissus or Aegypsus (Aigissns, Hierocl. p. 637; Aigistos, Procop.
4, 7; Aegypsus, Ov.), a town in Moesia, near the mouth of the Danube. It is mentioned
by Ovid as having been taken from the king of Thrace, at that time under the protection
of Rome, by a sudden incursion of the Getae, and recovered by Vitellius, who was
in command of a Roman army in that quarter. Ovid celebrates the valour displayed
by his friend Vestalis upon the occasion. (Ep. ex Ponto, i. 8. 13, iv.7.21.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited July 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
It is located near the Istros river (Danube river) and the modern city of Tulcea, Roumania.
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