B. iv. c. in. 4, 5. GAUL. THE LYONNAISE. 289 Allobroges, 1 and the parts about Lyons. The most celebrated amongst them are the Arverni and Carnutes, 2 through both of whose territories the- Loire flows before discharging itself into the ocean. The distance from the rivers of Keltica to Britain is 320 stadia ; for departing in the evening with the ebb tide, you will arrive on the morrow at the island about the eighth hour. 3 After the Mediomatrici and Tribocchi, the Treviri 4 inhabit along the Rhine ; in their country the Roman generals now engaged in the German war have con- structed a bridge. Opposite this place on the other bank of the river dwelt the Ubii, whom Agrippa with their own con- sent brought over to this side the Rhine. 5 The Nervii. 6 another^German nation, are contiguous to the Treviri ; and last the Menapii, who inhabit either bank of the river near to its outlets ; they dwell amongst marshes and forests, not lofty, but consisting of dense and thorny wood. Near to these dwell the Sicambri, 7 who are likewise Germans. The country next the whole [eastern] bank^is TnhaTnted by the Suevi, who are also named Germans, but are superior both in power and number to the others, whom they drove out, and who have now taken refuge on this side the Rhine. Other tribes have sway in different places ; they are successively a prey to the flames of war, the former inhabitants for the most part being destroyed. 5. The Senones, the Remi, the Atrebates, and the Ebu- rones dwell west of the Treviri and Nervii. 8 Close to the Menapii and near the sea are the Morini, the Bellovaci, the Ambiani, the Suessiones, and the Caleti, as far as the outlet 1 The Allobroges dwelt to the left of the Rhone, between that river and the Isere. 2 The Arverni have given their name to Auvergne, and the Carnutes to Chartrain. 3 Strabo here copies Caesar exactly, who, speaking of his second passage into Britain, (lib. v. c. 8,) says: "Ad solis occasum naves solvit .... ae- cessum estad Britanniam omnibus navibus meridiano fere tempore."
- The capital of these people is Treves.
5 Viz. to the western bank of the river. 6 The Nervii occupied Hainault, and the Comte de Namur. 7 The Sicambri occupied the countries of Berg, Mark, and Arensberg. They afterwards formed part of the people included under the name of Franci or Franks. 8 Bavai, to the south of Valenciennes, was the capital of the Nervii ; Duricortora, now Rheims, of the Remi ; Arras of the Atrebates, and Ton- gres of the Eburones. VOL. i. u
