[62] Pliny expresses himself thus: “The country comprised under the name of Gallia Comata is divided into three peoples, generally separated by rivers. From the Scheldt to the Seine is Belgic Gaul; from the Seine to the Garonne, Celtic, called also Lyonnese; from thence to the Pyrenees is Aquitaine.” (Hist. Nat., IV. xxxi. 105.)
[63] Peoples composing the Roman Province:
The Albici (the south of the department of the Lower Alps, and the north of the Var). (De Bello Civil., I. 34; II. 2.)
The Allobroges, probably of Celtic origin, inhabited the north-west of Savoy, and the greater part of the department of the Isère.
The Helvii, inhabitants of the ancient Vivarais (the southern part of the department of the Ardèche), separated from the Arverni by the Cévennes. (De Bello Gallico, VII. 8.)
The Ruteni of the province (Ruteni Provinciales), a fraction of the Celtic nation of the Ruteni, incorporated into the Roman province, and whose territory extended over a part of the department of the Tarn.
The Sallyes, or Salluvii (the Bouches-du-Rhône, and western part of the Var). (De Bello Civil., I. 35, edit. Nipperdey.)
The Vocontii (department of the Drôme and Upper Alps, southern part of the Isère, and the northern part of the Ardèche).
The Volcæ occupied all Lower Languedoc, from the Garonne to the Rhone. They had emigrated from the north of Gaul. They were subdivided into the Volcæ Tectosages, who had Tolosa (Toulouse) for their principal town; and the Volcæ Arecomici.
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The Deciates (western part of the department of the Maritime Alps). The Oxybii (eastern part of the department of the Var). The Sordones, of the same race as the Aquitainians, inhabiting the Eastern Pyrenees and the Aude. | —Not mentioned by Cæsar. |
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The Caturiges. The Centrones. The Graioceli. | — Independent peoples on the upper channels of the Durance and the Isère, and in the mountains of the Tarentaise. |