POMPONIA´NAP liny (Plin. Nat. 3.5) says that Pomponiana is the same as Mese, the middle island of the Stoechades or Isles d'Hières[STOECHADES], which lie close to the French coast east of Toulon. D'Anville, following the Maritime Itinerary, which places Pomponiana between Telo ( Toulon) and Heracleia Caccabaria [HERACLEIA], thinks that Pomponiana is the peninsula of Giens, which is opposite to the western point of Prote ( Porqueroles), the most western of the Stoechades. He remarks that the part of Gienswhich is on the land side is almost covered by a lagune, from which there are channels to the sea on both sides, so that the peninsula may be considered as an island.
[G.L]