178 PLiirr's nattjeal histoet. [Book III. 



on tlie coast, we find Athenopolis\ belonging to the Massi- 

 lians. Forum Jnlii^ Octavanorum, a colony, which is also 

 called Pacensis and Classica, the river Argentens^, which 

 flows through it, the district of the Oxubii'' and that of the Li- 

 gauni^ ; above whom are the Suetri^, the Quariates^ and the 

 Adunicates^. On the coast we have Antipolis^, a town with 

 Latian rights, the district of the Deciates, and the river Varus, 

 which proceeds from Mount Cema, one of the Alps. 



The colonies in the mterior are Arelate Sextanorum^", 

 Beterrse Septimanorum^\ and Arausio'^ Secundanorum ; Va- 

 lentia^^ in the territory of the Cavari, and Vienna^'' in that of 

 the Allobroges. The towns that enjoy Latian rights are Aquae 

 Sextiae^^ in the territory of the Saluvii, Avenio^® in that of the 



^ D'Anville takes this to be the place called Agaa, between Frejus and 

 La Napoule : but in so doing he disregards the order in which they are 

 given by Phny. 



2 " The Forum of Julius." Now Frejus. As its name imphcs, it was a , 

 colony of the Eighth Legion. It was probably called ' Pacensis,' on some 

 occasion when peace had happUy been made with the original inhabitants, 

 and ' Classica' from the fleet being stationed there by Augustus. 



3 Still known as the Argens, from the silvery appearance of the water. 

 It has choked up the harbour with sand, in which probably the ships 

 of Augustus rode at anchor. 



^ They inhabited the coast, in the vicinity of the modem Cannes. 

 * They are supposed to have inhabited the country of Grasse, in the 

 south-east of the department of the Var. 



6 According to Ptolemy they had for their capital the town of Salinse ; 

 which some take to be the modem Saluces, others CasteUane, and others 

 again Seillans, according to Holstein and D'Anville. 



7 D'Anville tliinks that they hved in the valley of Queyras, in the de- 

 partment of the Hautes Alpes, having a town of the same name. 



^ The Adunicates are supposed by Hardouin to have inhabited the 

 department of the Basses Alpes, between the towns of Senez and Digne. 



» The modem Antibes. Mount Cema is the present Monte- Cemehone. 



^^ "Arelate of the Sixth Legion," a miUtary colony ; now the city of 

 Aries. It is first mentioned by Csesar, who had some ships built there 

 for the siege of MassiUa or Marseilles. It was made a military colony in 

 the time of Augustus. 



" " Beterrse of the Seventh Legion." The modem town of Beziers. 



^2 "Arausio of the Second Legion," now Orange, a town in the depart- 

 ment of Vaucluse. 



^3 Now Valence, in the department of the Dr6me. 



^* Now Yienne, m the department of the Isere. 



** Aix, in the department of the B ouches du Eh6ne. 



*^ Avignon, in the Yaucluse. 



