Decetia

DECE´TIA(Décise), an island in the Ligeris ( Loire), within the territory of the Aedui. In the seventh year of the Gallic War (B.C. 52) Caesar summoned the senate of the Aedui to Decetia. ( B. G. 7.33). The name occurs in the Itins. In the Antonine Itin. it is placed on the road from Augustodunum ( Autun) to Paris, and 16, or, according to another reading, 15, Gallic leagues from Nevirnum ( Neverson the Loire). In one place in the Antonine Itin. the name is written Deccidae; and in the Table it is Degena, a corrupted form. The modern site is Décise, in the department of Nièvre.
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