[1095] They are thought by Hardouin to have dwelt in the vicinity of the present town of Talard in the department of the Hautes Alpes.
[1096] They inhabited the eastern part of the departments of the Drôme and the Vaucluse.
[1097] Their territory comprehended the southern part of the department of the Ain, the department of the Isère, the canton of Geneva, and part of Savoy.
[1098] It was said to have been colonized from Phocæa, a town of Ionia in Asia Minor. Lucan in his Third Book more than once falls into the error of supposing that it was colonized from Phocis in Greece.
[1099] We learn from Justin, B. xliii., that this privilege, as well as others, and a seat at the public shows, were granted to the Massilians by the Roman Senate, in return for their sympathy and assistance after the city had been taken and plundered by the Gauls.
[1100] According to D’Anville the present Cap de l’Aigre, though Mannert takes it to be the Cap de la Croisette.
[1101] D’Anville takes this to be the same as the present Port de la Ciotat.
[1102] Probably occupying the south-east of the department of the Var. It is supposed by Hardouin that the village of Ramatuelle, near the coast, south of the Gulf of Grimaud, represents the ancient name; and D’Anville and other writers are of the same opinion.
[1103] Probably the country around the modern Brignole and Draguignan was inhabited by them.
[1104] They inhabited Verignon and Barjols in the southern part of the department of the Var.