[1312] The Salyes inhabited Provence.
[1313] As Strabo has made no previous mention of this river, the words “as we have said before” are evidently interpolated.
[1314] This temple was built on Cape Creus, which on that account received the name of Aphrodisium. Many geographers confound this temple with the _portus Veneris_, the modern Vendres, which is at a short distance from Cape Creus.
[1315] Nîmes.
[1316] Beaucaire.
[1317] Aix.
[1318] Gosselin, who considers that the former numbers were correct, enters at some length on an argument to prove that these 53 miles were 62, and differs also in computing the succeeding numbers.
[1319] The cantons of Vaison and Die.
[1320] Cottius possessed the present Briançonnais. That portion of the Alps next this canton took from this sovereign the name of the Cottian Alps. Cottius bore the title of king; and Augustus recognised his independence; he lived till the time of Nero, when his possessions became a Roman province.
[1321] Nîmes.