APTA JULIA
APTA JULIA (
Apt), a city of the Vulgientes, on the road from Arelate (
Arles), on the Rhone, along the valley of the Durance, to Augusta Taurinorum (
Turino).
The name Julia implies that it was a colonia, which is proved by inscriptions, though Pliny (
3.4; and the note in Harduin‘s edition) calls it a Latin town, that is, a town which had the Jus Latium.
The modern town of
Apt, on the
Calavon or
Caulon, a branch of the
Durance, contains some ancient remains.
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