BATIA´NA
BATIA´NA in Gallia Narbonensis, is placed in the Table between Acunum (
Ancone) and Valentia (
Valence).
It appears in the geographer of Ravenna, under the name Vatiana. D'Anville fixes the position at
Baix, on the west bank of the Rhone; but Walckenaer (
Géog. &c, vol. ii. p. 204) places it opposite to Baix, at a place named
Banes, which is the same name as the Vancianis of the Jerusalem Itin. Probably there was a road on both sides of the river between Valentia and Acunum.
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