The Volcae in 218 B.C.

The Volcae — Celtic Tribes.

A powerful people of the southern lands, dwelling on both banks of the Rhone between the great river, the wooded heights of the Cebenna and the wall of the Pyrenees. In two great divisions — the Arecomici and the Tectosages — they hold the southern road between Iberia and Italy, and it is through their country that Hannibal’s host must pass in this very year.