STAGNA VOLCARUM
STAGNA VOLCARUM on the coast of Gallia Narbonensis. Mela (2.5) speaks of the Stagna Volcarum, which he places W. of the Rhone. They are the long line of
étangs between
Aigues-Morte [p. 2.1035]and
Agde, separated from the land by a long, narrow, flat, which widens near
Cette, where the Mons Setius is.
These lagunes are the
Étangs de Tau, de Frontignan, de Maguelone, and others. Avienus (
Or. Marit. 58) mentions the Taurus or
Étang de Tau: “
Taurum paludem namque gentiles vocant.”
[FECYI JUGUM; LEDUS].
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