. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. ADMINISTRATION OF AUGUSTUS IN THE lIlOVINCES. 221 Ruteni and Gabali were coined ; Autun, later cclel)rated for itsschools, Cenabum on the Loire, frequented by Roman traders evenbefore the Gallic war was ended ; Treves, upon the Moselle, andRheims, which soon so completely forgot her Gallic origin thatshe called herself the daughter of Remus, and put the she-wolfand the twins upon her coat-of-arms. Strabo tells us of merchan-dise transferred from the Saône to the Seine, destined for theBritish islands
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. ADMINISTRATION OF AUGUSTUS IN THE lIlOVINCES. 221 Ruteni and Gabali were coined ; Autun, later cclel)rated for itsschools, Cenabum on the Loire, frequented by Roman traders evenbefore the Gallic war was ended ; Treves, upon the Moselle, andRheims, which soon so completely forgot her Gallic origin thatshe called herself the daughter of Remus, and put the she-wolfand the twins upon her coat-of-arms. Strabo tells us of merchan-dise transferred from the Saône to the Seine, destined for theBritish islands, whence came m return leather, iion, tin, cattle,. ROMAN THEATRE AT ARLES (PRESENT CONDITION). slaves, and, as at the present day, the best hunting-dogs. Halfa century after this, Josephus said : Gaul has within itself aninexhaustible spring of all good things, which it spreads abroadover the rest of the earth ; and in the reign of Tiberius, Sacrovircontrasts with the miseries of Italy the prosperity of Gaul. To augment the value of Italian lands, a senatus-consultumhad prohibited to the Transalpine nations the cultivation of the 222 AUGUSTUS, OR THE FOUNDATION OF THE EMPIRE. vine and the olive.^ It appears, however, that Narbonensis musthave been excepted from this decree, as it was from many others,on account of its proximity to Italy, for Fonteius laid a tax uponthe wine sold in this province ; and we know that the people ofVienna obtained fiom their vineyards on the hills, now calledthe Côte Rôtie, a wine named the Picatum, which was sold atRome for a thousand sesterces (about thirty-eight dollars) theamphora (nearly six gallons
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