VELLAVI
Eth.
VELLAVI or
VELAUNI, a people of Gallia.
In the passage of Caesar (
Caes. Gal. 7.75) some editions have Velauni, but it is certain that whatever is the true form of the name, these Velauni are the Vellaioi (
Οὐελλαΐοι) of Strabo (p. 190). The Gabali and Velauni in Caesar's time were subject to the Arverni. In Ptolemy (
2.7.20) the name is Velauni (
Οὐέλαυνοι), but he puts them next to the Auscii, which is a great mistake. D'Anville says that the diocese of
Pui represents their territory; but that this cannot be said of the small province of
Vellay, which was annexed to
Languedoc in the ante-revolutionary division of France.
In the Notit. of the Provinces of Gallia, the capital of the Vellavi is Civitas Vellavorum [
REVESSIO].
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