Volcae

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Volcae, ārum, m.,

a numerous and powerful people in Gallia Narbonensis, divided into the Volcae Arecomici and the Volcae Tectosages, Caes. B. G. 7, 7; 7, 64; id. B. C. 1, 35; id. B. G. 6, 24; the former had for their chief town Nemausus, the modern Nismes; the latter, Tolosa, the modern Toulouse , Liv. 21, 26; Mel. 2, 5, 6.

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