"Publius Cornelius Scipio" Quotes from Famous Books
... his "Description of Europe," narrates in the Fourth Book that about 220 years before Christ, Publius Cornelius Scipio, the father of Scipio Africanus, consulted the Roman deputies at Marseilles about the cities of Gaul named Britannia, Narbonne, and Corbillo. Sanson identifies Britannia with the present town of Abbeville on the Somme. Dionysius, the author of "Perigesis," ... — Bolougne-Sur-Mer - St. Patrick's Native Town • Reverend William Canon Fleming |