Amisia

• Masc., a river in Germany, now the Ems, Tac. A. 1, 60; 1, 63; 2, 23; in Plin. 4, 14, 28, § 100, and Mel. 3, 3, called Ămīsĭus, ii; cf. Mann. Germ. 419. —
• II Fem., a fortress built by the Romans upon the Ems (near the Fort Delf Zyl, in West Friesland), Tac. A. 2, 8; cf. Mann. Germ. 82.

AMI´SIAa place on the left bank of the river Amisia ( Ems), in Germany. (Tac. Ann. 2.8.) This place, which is not mentioned by any other ancient author, is perhaps the same as the town of Ἀμάσειαnoticed by Ptolemy (Ptol. 2.11), and the Ἄμισσαmentioned by Stephanus Byzantinus as a town of Germany. (Comp. Ledebur, Land u. Volk der Bructerer, p. 180, foll.)

AMI´SIAor AMI´SIUS(Ἀμάσιοςor Ἀμασία, the Ems), a river in northern Germany, rising in the hills of the Weser, and emptying itself into the German Ocean near the town of Emden. The river was well known to, and navigated by the Romans. In B.C. 12, Drusus fought on it a naval battle against the Bructeri. (Mela, 3.3; Plin. Nat. 4.14, who calls the river Amisius;Tac. Ann. 1.60, 63, 70, 2.23, who calls it Amisia;Strab. p. 290; Ptolem. 2.11; comp. Ledebur, Land u. Vold der Bructerer, p. 180.)

The Ems, a river of Northern Germany flowing into the North Sea. (Tac. Ann. ii. 8.)