5. =Gallīs trānsalpīnīs=: the Gauls of the modern France and Switzerland were called _trānsalpīnī_, to distinguish them from the Gauls of northern Italy, who were called _cisalpīnī_. =Arvernōrum=: the Arverni were a people of Aquitania, in the modern Auvergne. In early times they were the most powerful people in southern Gaul. They still possessed considerable power in Caesar’s time, as he refers to them several times in the _Gallic War_. 7. =fluvium=: a late word. The regular term for river is _flūmen_. 8. =torquibus=: cf. _torque_, Bk. II, 5. 9. =dēductus est=: _i.e._ from Gaul. CH. 23. 12. =Narbōne=: this was the first colony of the Romans in Gaul. Later it gave the name of _Narbōnēnsis_ to the province. It was situated on the river Atax, and was of considerable commercial importance. 13. =L. Caeciliō Metellō=: see note on _Metellus_, Ch. 16. CH. 24. 17. =Scordiscīs=: a people of Pannonia. They were sometimes classed with the Illyrians, but they were remains of an ancient and powerful Celtic tribe. CH. 25. 19. =C. Caeciliō Metellō=: he was the son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus, mentioned in Ch. 16. He was consul in 113 B.C., and carried on war in Macedonia against the Thracians, whom he subdued. He obtained a triumph, in consequence, in the same year and on the same day with his brother. 20. =alterum ex Sardiniā=: this was Marcus Caecilius Metellus, a brother of Gaius Caecilius mentioned above. He was consul in 115 B.C. In 114 he was sent to Sardinia as proconsul, and while there he suppressed a revolt in the province. For this he was granted a triumph, which he celebrated at the same time with his brother. 22. =Cimbrōs=: see Bk. V, 1, 2. CH. 26. 23. =P. Scīpiōne Nāsīcā=: _i.e._ ‘Scipio with the pointed nose.’ This name, which was given in derision to one member of his family, clung to all his descendants.