178 PLi:iirT's NATUEAL HISTOET. [Book III. 
on the coast, we find Atlienopolis\ belonging to tlie Massi- 
lians, Forum Julii^ Octavanorum, a colony, which is also 
called Pacensis and Classica, the river Argenteus^, 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 interior are Arelate Sextanorum^^, 
Beterrse Septimanorum^\ and Arausio^^ Secundanorum ; Ya- 
lentia^^ in the territory of the Cavari, and Yienna^'^ in that of 
the AUobroges. The towns that enjoy Latian rights are Aquse 
Sextia)^^ in the territory of the Saluvii, Avenio^^ in that of the 
^ D'Anville takes this to be the place called Agai*, between Frejus and 
La Napoule : but in so doing he disregards the order in wliich they are 
given by Pliny. 
^ " The Forum of Julius." JSTow Frejus. As its name implies, it was a 
colony of the Eighth Legion. It was probably called ' Pacensis,' on some 
occasion when peace had happily 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 harbonr with sand, in wliich probably the ship^ 
of Augustus rode at anchor. 
They inhabited the coast, in the vicinity of the modern Cannes. 
^ They are supposed to have inhabited the country of Grrasse, in the ; 
south-east of the department of the Yar. \ 
^ According to Ptolemy they had for their capital the town of Sahnse ; 
which some take to be the modern Saluces, others Castehane, and others 
again SeiUans, according to Holstein and D'Anville. 
7 D'Anville thinks that they lived 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 Aipes, between the towns of Senez and Digne. 
y The modern Antibes. Mount Cema is the present Monte- Cemehone. 
10 "Arelate of the Sixth Legion," a mihtary colony ; now the city of ' 
Aries. It is first mentioned by Csesar, who had some ships built there 
for the siege of Massiha or Marseilles. It was made a mihtary colony iii 
the time of Augustus. 
11 " Beterrse of the Seventh Legion." The modern town of Beziers. i 
12 " Arausio of the Second Legion," now Orange, a town in the depart- i 
ment of Yaucluse. ' 
^■^ Now Yalenee, in the department of the Dr6me. I 
1"* Now Yienne, in the department of the Isere. i 
Aix, in the department of the B ouches du Khone. 
Avignon, in the Yaucluse. | 
