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 278 STRABO. CASAUK. 186. Saone rises in the Alps, 1 and separates the Sequani, the ./Edui, and the Lincasii. 2 It afterwards receives the Doubs, a navi- gable river which rises in the same mountains, 3 still however preserving its own name, and consisting of the two, mingles with the Rhone. The Rhone in like manner preserves its name, and flows on to Vienne. At their rise these three rivers flow towards the north, then in a westerly direction, afterwards uniting into one they take another turn and flow towards the south, and having received other rivers, they flow in this direction to the sea. Such is the country situ- ated between the Alps and the Rhone. 12. The main part of the country on the other side of the Rho.ne is inhabited by the Volcae, surnamed Arecomisci. Their naval station is ft[fl J*bonne, ^which may justly be called the emporium of all Gaul, as it far surpasses every^olher in the multitude of those whojiegort 4 to it. The Volcse border on and Cavari being opposite to them on the other side of the river. However, the name of the Cavari has so obtained, that all the barbarians inhabiting near now go by that designation ; nay, even those who are no longer barbarians, but follow the Roman customs, both in their speech and mode of life, and some of those even who have adopted the Roman polity. Between the Arecomisci and the Pyrenees there are some other small and insignificant nations. Nemausus 5 is the metropolis of the Arecomisci ; though far inferior tojjarbonnfl both'as^ojts^mme^c^r^n'd the number of ToreTgners attracted thither, it surpasses that city in the number of its citizens ; for it has under its dominion four and twenty different villages all well inhabited, and by the same people, who pay tribute ; it likewise enjoys the rights of the Latin towns, so that in Nemausus you meet with Roman citizens who have obtained the honours of the sedile and quass- torship, wherefore this nation is not subject to the orders issued by the praetors from Rome. The city is situated on 1 The Saone rises in the Vosges. 2 These people are elsewhere called by Strabo Lingones, the name by which they are designated by other writers. 3 The Doubs rises in the Jura, not in the Alps. Ptolemy falls into the same mistake as Strabo. 4 We have here followed the proposed correction of Ziegler. 5 N lines.