DESUVIATES
Eth.
DESUVIATES a people of Gallia Narbonensis, known only from a few words of Pliny (
3.4), who says, “regio Anatiliorum, et intus Desuviatium Cavarumque.” The Anatilii are supposed to have been at the mouth of the Rhone, and probably they occupied part at least of the isle of
Camargue. The position of the Cavares, north of the
Durance [
CAVARES], is known; and there remains no place for the Desuviates except the small district south of the
Durance, between the
Durance and the
Rhone. If this is so, the Desuviates were surrounded on the, east and south by the Salyes.
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G.L]