Latovici, the Oseriates, the Varciani, and, in front of Mount Claudius, the Scordisci, behind it the Taurisci. In the Savus there is the island of Metubarris[1], the greatest of all the islands formed by rivers. Besides the above, there are these other rivers worthy of mention: — the Colapis[2], which flows into the Savus near Siscia, where, dividing its channel, it forms the island which is called Segestica[3]; and the river Bacuntius[4], which flows into the Savus at the town of Sirmium, where we find the state of the Sirmienses and the Amantini. Forty-five miles thence is Taurunum[5], where the Savus flows into the Danube; above which spot the Valdanus[6] and the Urpanus, themselves far from ignoble rivers, join that stream.
CHAP. 29. (26.) — MŒSIA.
Joining up to Pannonia is the province called Mœsia[7], which runs, with the course of the Danube, as far as the Euxine. It commences at the confluence[8] previously mentioned. In it are the Dardani, the Celegeri, the Triballi, the Timachi, the Mœsi,the Thracians, and the Scythians who border on the Euxine. The more famous among its rivers are the Margis[9], which rises in the territory of the Dardani, the Pingus, the Timachus, the Œscus which rises in Mount Rhodope, and, rising in Mount Hæmus, the Utus[10], the Asamus, and the Ieterus.
- ↑ Now known as Zagrabia.
- ↑ Now the Culpa.
- ↑ Dion Cassius, B. xix., says that the river Colapis or Colops flowed past the walls of the town of Siscia, but that Tiberius Cæsar caused a trench to be dug round the town, and so drew the river round it, leading it back on the other side into its channel. He calls the island Segetica.
- ↑ Now the Bossut. Sirmium occupied the site of the present Sirmich.
- ↑ The modern Tzeruinka, according to D'Anville and Brotier.
- ↑ Now the Walpo and the Sarroiez, according to Hardouin; or the Posna and the Verbas, according to Brotier and Mannert.
- ↑ Corresponding to the present Servia and Bulgaria.
- ↑ Of the Danube with the Saave or Savus just mentioned.
- ↑ Now the Morava, which runs through Servia into the Danube. The Pingus is probably the Bek, which joins the Danube near Gradistic. The Timachus is the modern Timoch, and the Œscus is the Iscar in Bulgaria.
- ↑ Now called the Vid, the Osma, and the Jantra, rising in the Balkan chain.
Draave. The nations mentioned here dwelt on the western and eastern slopes of this range.
