Matisco

MATISCO a place in Gallia Celtica, in the territory of the Aedui in Caesar's time, and on the Saône. ( B. G. 7.90.) After the capture of Alesia, B.C. 52, Caesar placed P. Sulpicius at Matisco with a legion during the winter, to look after the supply of corn for the army. ( B. G. 8.4.) The position of Matisco is fixed by the name, its site on the river, and the Itins. The name, it is said, was written Mastico by a transposition of the letters; and from this form came the name Mascon, and by a common change, Mâcon. The form Mastisco occurs in the Table. (D'Anville, Notice, &c. )
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