TARASCON(Ταρασκών: Ταρασξον), a town in the Provincia Narbonensis, on the east side of the Rhone, between Arlesand Avignon. The railway from Avignonto Marseillepasses through Tarascon, and there is a branch from Tarasconto Nîmes. Ptolemy (in whose text the name is written Ταρουσκών) enumerates Tarascon among the towns of the Sales [SALYES]. Strabo (4. p. 178) says that the road from Nemausus ( Nîmes) to Aquae Sextiae passes through Ugernum ( Beaucaire) and Tarascon, and that the distance from Nemausus to Aquae Sextiae is 53 Roman miles; which, as D'Anville observes, is not correct. In another passage (4. p. 187) Strabo makes the distance from Nîmesto the bank of the Rhoneopposite to Tarasconabout 100 stadia, which is exact enough. [TARUSCONIENSES]
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