MARTIA´LIS
MARTIA´LIS a place in Gallia,near to,and northwest of Augustonemetum (
Clermont en Auvergne), which Sidonius Apollinaris, once bishop of Clermont, names Pagus Violvascensis, with the remark that it was in a previous age named Martialis, from having been the winter quarters of the Julian legions.
The tradition may refer to Caesar's legions.
The place is now
Volvic (D'Anville,
Notice, &c.)
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