BRIVAS a town of the Arverni, is mentioned by Sidonius Apollinaris ( Carm. 24.16):—Hinc te suscipiet benigna Brivas.
The place is Brioudeon the Allier. Some authorities speak of a Roman bridge there, and say that the old church was built in the time of Constantine. The name Brivas indicates the passage of a river. [G.L]