Brivas

Brīvās, ātis, f. , ville des Arvernes [auj. Brioude] : Sid. Carm. 24, 16 || -tēnsis, e, de Brive : Greg. Tur. Franc. 7, 10.

BRIVAS

BRIVAS a town of the Arverni, is mentioned by Sidonius Apollinaris (Carm. 24.16):--Hinc te suscipiet benigna Brivas.

The place is Brioude on the Allier. Some authorities speak of a Roman bridge there, and say that the old church was built in the time of Constantine. The name Brivas indicates the passage of a river. [G.L]