302 STRABO. CASAUB. 205. inhabit the Alps which lie above that city, and a portion of the sea-coast, where they intermingle with the Greeks. The ancient Greeks gave to the Salyes the name of Ligyes, 1 and to the country which was in the possession of the Marseillese, that of Ligystica. 2 The later Greeks named them Kelto- Ligyes, 3 and assigned to them the whole, of the plains extend- ing as far as Luerion 4 and the Rhone. They arediyided intotejacantons, and are capable of raising troops not only of mlantry, Tmt of/cayalry also. [These people were the first of the Transalpine Kelts whom the Romans subdued after main- taining a lengthened war against' them and the Ligurians. They closed [against the Romans] all the roads into Iberia along the sea-coast, and carried on a system of pillage both by sea and land. Their strength so increased that large armies were scarcely able to force a passage. And after a jvar of eighty years, the Romans were hardly able to obtain a breadth of twelve "stadia for the purpose of making a public road. After this, however, the Rwnaiis^^iitid.ued the whole of them, and established among them a regular form of govern- ment, and imposed a tribute. 5 4. After trie Salyes, the Albienses, the Albio3ci, 6 and the Vocontii inhabit the northern portion of the mountains. The Vocontii extend as far as the Allobriges, and occupy vast valleys in the depths of the mountains, not inferior to those inhabited by the Allobriges. Both the Allobriges and Ligurians are subject to the pretors sent into the Narbonnaise, but the Vocontii are governed by their own laws, as we have 1 1 said of the Volca3 of Nemausus. 7 Of the Ligurians between - v the Var and Genoa, those along the sea are considered Italians ; while the mountaineers are governed_bv a prefect of the eq uestrijmprder, as is the case in regard to other nations wholly Barbarous. 1 At'yu, or Ligurians. 2 AiyvGTiKrj, or Liguria. 3 KeroXiyu, or Kelto-Ligurians. 4 Kramer is of opinion that we should adopt the suggestion of Man- nert, to read here Avignon. a We have adopted the reading of the older editions, which is also that of the French translation. Kramer however reads Qoflov, and adds $6pov in a note. 6 The Albioeci are named Albici in Caesar ; the capital city is called by Pliny Alebece Reiorum ; it is now Riez in Provence. J Nimes.
