GARITES
Eth.
GARITES a people of Aquitania (
Caes. Gal. 3.27), who submitted to P. Crassus, B. C 56. They are mentioned by Caesar between the Elusates and Ausci, and the position of both of these peoples is known within certain limits. [ELUSATES, AUSCI.] Some writers would connect the name Garites with the name
Gers, a branch of the
Garonne. But the reading Garites is not certain in Caesar's text. Schneider (ed. Caes.
Bell. Gall.) has taken the reading Gates.
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G.L]