ANDERI´TUM
ANDERI´TUM a town which Ptolemaeus calls
Ἀνδέρηδον, and the capital of the Gabali, whom Caesar mentions (
B. G. 7.75) as subjects of the Arverni.
In the
Not. Prov. Gall. it is called Civitas Gabalûm, having taken the name of the people, as was the case with most of the capitals of the Gallic towns under the Lower Empire. D'Anville infers, from an inscription found in the neighbourhood of
Javols or
Javoux, which terminates thus, M. P. GABALL. V., that the position of
Javols may represent this place. Walckenaer (
Géog. &c. des Gaules) places Anderitum at
Anterrieux. Others suppose the site to be at
Mende. Both
Javols and
Mende are in the
Gevaudan, a part of the mountain region of the
Cevennes. [
G.L]