Decetia
Dĕcetia, ae, f.,
- a town of the Aedui in Gallia Celtica, now Decize, on the Loire, in the Départ. de la Nièvre, Caes. B. G. 7, 33, 2.
Decetia, ae, f., Stadt der Äduer am Liger, j. Decize, Caes. b. G. 7, 33, 2.
Dĕcetĭa, (16) æ, f. , Décétie [ville de la Gaule, chez les Éduens, auj. Decize] : Cæs. G. 7, 33, 2.
DECETIA
DECE´TIA(Décise), an island in the Ligeris ( Loire), within the territory of the Aedui. In the seventh year of the Gallic War (B.C. 52) Caesar summoned the senate of the Aedui to Decetia. ( B. G. 7.33). The name occurs in the Itins. In the Antonine Itin. it is placed on the road from Augustodunum ( Autun) to Paris, and 16, or, according to another reading, 15, Gallic leagues from Nevirnum ( Neverson the Loire). In one place in the Antonine Itin. the name is written Deccidae; and in the Table it is Degena, a corrupted form. The modern site is Décise, in the department of Nièvre.
[G.L]Decetia
The modern Désize; a city of the Aedui, in Gallia Lugdunensis, on an island in the Liger (Loire). See Caes. B. G. vii. 33.