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Rhone
Great river of Gaul, image of a flood driving against the sea.
Reading notes
- The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius §6 Rhône
The great river of southern Gaul, here flowing 'with headlong stream' past Claudius's birthplace.
- The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius §6 Saône
The Arar, the slow tributary that joins the Rhône at Lyon, 'doubting which way to drive its course'.
- Natural Questions §3.27.8 the Rhone
Great river of Gaul, named with the Rhine and Danube as torrents that would burst their beds in the flood.