on the coast, we find Athenopolis[1], belonging to the Massilians, Forum Julii[2] Octavanorum, a colony, which is also called Pacensis and Classica, the river Argenteus[3], which flows through it, the district of the Oxubii[4] and that of the Ligauni[5]; above whom are the Suetri[6], the Quariates[7] and the Adunicates[8]. On the coast we have Antipolis[9], a town with Latian rights, the district of the Deciates, and the river Varus, which proceeds from Mount Cema, one of the Alps.
The colonies in the interior are Arelate Sextanorum[10], Beterræ Septimanorum[11], and Arausio[12] Secundanorum; Valentia[13] in the territory of the Cavari, and Vienna[14] in that of the Allobroges. The towns that enjoy Latian rights are Aquæ Sextiæ[15] in the territory of the Saluvii, Avenio[16] in that of the
- ↑ D'Anville takes this to be the place called Agaï, between Frejus and La Napoule: but in so doing he disregards the order in which they are given by Pliny.
- ↑ "The Forum of Julius." Now Frejus. As its name implies, it was a colony of the Eighth Legion. It was probably called 'Pacensis,' on some occasion when peace had happily been made with the original inhabitants, and 'Classica' from the fleet being stationed there by Augustus.
- ↑ Still known as the Argens, from the silvery appearance of the water. It has choked up the harbour with sand, in which probably the ships of Augustus rode at anchor.
- ↑ They inhabited the coast, in the vicinity of the modern Cannes.
- ↑ They are supposed to have inhabited the country of Grasse, in the south-east of the department of the Var.
- ↑ According to Ptolemy they had for their capital the town of Salinæ; which some take to be the modern Saluces, others Castellane, and others again Seillans, according to Holstein and D'Anville.
- ↑ D'Anville thinks that they lived in the valley of Queyras, in the department of the Hautes Alpes, having a town of the same name.
- ↑ The Adunicates are supposed by Hardouin to have inhabited the department of the Basses Alpes, between the towns of Senez and Digne.
- ↑ The modern Antibes. Mount Cema is the present Monte-Cemelione.
- ↑ "Arelate of the Sixth Legion," a military colony; now the city of Arles. It is first mentioned by Cæsar, who had some ships built there for the siege of Massilia or Marseilles. It was made a military colony in the time of Augustus.
- ↑ "Beterræ of the Seventh Legion." The modern town of Beziers.
- ↑ "Arausio of the Second Legion," now Orange, a town in the department of Vaucluse.
- ↑ Now Valence, in the department of the Drôme.
- ↑ Now Vienne, in the department of the Isère.
- ↑ Aix, in the department of the Bouches du Rhône.
- ↑ Avignon, in the Vaucluse.
