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Chap. 5.]
ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, ETC.
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Cavari, Apta Julia[1] in that of the Yolgientes, Alebece[2] in that of the Reii Apollinares, Alba[3] in that of the Helvi, and Angnsta[4] in that of the Tricastini, Anatilia, Aeria[5], the Bormanni[6], the Comaci, Cabellio[7], Careasum[8] in the territory of the Volcæ Tectosages, Cessero[9], Carpentoracte[10] in the territory of the Memini, the Cenicenses[11], the Canibolectri[12], surnamed the Atlantici, Forum[13] Voconi, Grhuunn Livi[14], the Lutevani[15], also called the Foroneronienses[16], Nemausum[17] in

  1. Apt, in the department of Vaucluse.
  2. Ricz, in the department of the Basses Alpes.
  3. The modern Alps, near Viviers, is probably built on the site of this town. The text shows that it was different from Augusta, probably the Alba Augusta mentioned by Ptolemy, though D'Anville supposes them to have been the same place.
  4. Some writers take this place to be the present Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux, in the department of the Drome.
  5. Probably so called from its lofty position, and supposed by D'Auville to have been situate on the modern Mont Ventoux, or " Windy Mountain." Other writers place it at La Croix Haute, near the city of Avignon.
  6. There is a village in the department of the Yar, six leagues from Toulon, called Bormes, not improbably from these people.
  7. The modern Cavaillon, in the department of the Yaucluse.
  8. Now Carcassone, in the department of the Aude,
  9. Probably Saint Tibery, on the river Heraidt.
  10. Now Carpentras. Ptolemy also makes mention of the Memini.
  11. Probably situate on the river Ccenus of Ptolemy, between the eastern mouth of the Rhone and Massilia. Probably the name in Pliny should be "Coenienses."
  12. Walckenaer places this people in the vicinity of Cambo, iii the arrondissement of Bayonne, in the department of the Basses Pyrenees.
  13. In names similar to this, as Festus remarks, " Forum" has the meaning of "Market;" nmch as that word is used as a compound in our names, such as Market Drayton, &c. Bouche thinks that by this place is meant the modern Le Canct : but D'Anville takes it to be Gonfaron, a corruption, he thinks, of Yoconfaron from the Latin name.
  14. The site of Glanum was about a mile to the south of the village of Saint Remi, between Cavaillon and Aries. On the spot there are the remains of a Roman mausoleum and a triumphal arch.
  15. The people of Luteva, now Loileve, in the department of the Herault.
  16. The people of Forum Neronis," which place has been supposed by some to have been the same with Carpentoracte : D'Anville supposes Forcalquier to have been Forum Neronis, while Walekenaer takes Momas to have been that place. From the text it would appear to have been identical with Luteva.
  17. The modern Nismes, which in its ruins contains abundant marks of its ancient splendour. The family of the Antonines came from this place.