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battles of Hercules ; the district of the Anatilii\ and more 

 inland, that of the Desuviates^ and the Cavari. Again, close 

 upon the sea, there is that of the Tricorii^ and inland, there 

 are the Tricolli^, the Vocontii*, and the Segovellauni, and, 

 after them, the Allobrogee*. 



On the coast is Massilia, a colony of Phocaean' Greeks, 

 and a federate* city ; we then have the Promontory of Zao', 

 the port of Citharista'", and the district of the Camatullici" ; 

 then the Suelteri", and above them the Verrucini^^. Again, 



bat of Hercules, and Mela relates that being engaged in a mortal struggle 

 with Albion and Geryon, the sons of Neptune, he invoked the aid of 

 Jupiter, on which a shower of stones fell from the heavens and destroyed 

 his antagonists. Those on tliis plain are said to be the remains of the 

 stony shower. It is supposed by the scientific that many of these stones 

 are aeroUtes, and that tradition has ingeniously adapted this story to 

 their real origin. The vicinity of Tunbridge Wells presents a somewhat 

 similar appearance. 



1 The people probably of the site of the present isle of Camargue. 



2 They probably inhabited the district south of the Durance, between 

 it and the Rhone. 



3 They inhabited the coimtry in which the present Avignon, Orange, 

 Cavaillon, and perhaps Carpentras are situate. 



* They are thought by Ilardouin to have dwelt in the vicinity of the 

 present town of Talard in the department of the Hautes Alpes. 



5 They inhabited the eastern part pf the departments of the Drdme and 

 the Vaucluse. 



* Their territory comprehended the southern part of the department 

 of the Ain, the department of the Is^re, the canton of Gteneva, and part 

 of Savoy. 



7 It was said to have been colonized from Phocsea, a town of Ionia in 

 Asia Minor. Lucan in his Third Book more than once IkUs into the 

 error of supposing that it was colonized from Phocis in Greece. 



^ We learn from Justin, B. xliii., that this privilege, as well as others, 

 and a seat at the pubhc shows, were granted to the Massihans by the 

 Roman Ser ate, in return for their sympathy and assistance after the city 

 had been tfiken and plundered by the G^uls. 



9 According to D' Anville the present Cap de I'Aigre, though Mannert 

 takes it to be the Cap de la Croisette. 



^^ D'Anville takes this to be the same as the present Port de la Ciotat. 



^^ Probably occupying the south-east of the department of the Var. 

 It is supposed by Hardouin tliat the village of Ramatuelle, near the coast, 

 Bouth of the Gulf of Grimaud, represents the ancient name ; and D'An- 

 ville and other writers are of the same opinion. 



^2 Probably the country aro\md the modem Brignole and Drag ui g nan 

 was inhabited by them. 



^ They inhabited Verignon and Barjols in the southern part of the 

 department of the Var. 



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