Revessio

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

REVESSIO(Ῥύεσιον), in Gallia, is the city of the Vellavi, or Velauni, as the name is written in Ptolemy (Ptol. 2.7.20). Revessio is the name of the place in the Table. In the Not. Provinc. it is written Civitas Vellavorum. Mabillon has shown that the place called Civitas Vetula in the middle ages is S. Paulienor Paulhan, and the Civitas Vetula is supposed to be the ancient capital of the Vellavi. S. Paulienis in the department of Haute Loire, north of Le Puy.
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