Vŏcōnia lex, de testamentis, by Quintus Voconius Saxa the tribune, A.U.C. 584, enacted that no woman should be left heiress to an estate, and that no rich person should leave by his will more than the fourth part of his fortune to a woman. This step was taken to prevent the decay of the noblest and most illustrious of the families of Rome. This law was abrogated by Augustus.
Voconii forum, a town of Gaul, between Antibes and Marseilles. Cicero, bk. 10, Letters to his Friends, ltr. 17.
Vŏcōnius Victor, a Latin poet, &c. Martial, bk. 7, ltr. 28.——Saxa, a tribune who made a law.——An officer of Lucullus in Asia.
Vocontia, now Vasio. Silius Italicus, bk. 3, li. 167.
Vŏgēsus, now Vauge, a mountain of Belgic Gaul, which separates the Sequani from the Lingones. Lucan, bk. 1, li. 397.—Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 4, ch. 10.
Volæ, a city of the Æqui. Livy, bk. 4, ch. 49.
Volaginius, a soldier who assassinated one of his officers, &c. Tacitus, Histories, bk. 2, ch. 75.
Volana, a town of the Samnites.
Volandum, a fortified place of Armenia.
Volaterra, an ancient town of Etruria, famous for hot baths. Perseus the satirist was born there. Livy, bk. 10, ch. 12.—Strabo, bk. 5.—Cicero, bk. 15, Letters to his Friends, ltr. 4.