VOLCAE, an ancient Celtic people in the province of Gallia Narbonensis, who occupied the district between the Garumna (Garonne), Cerbenna mons (Cevennes), and the Rhodanus, corresponding roughly to the old province of Languedoc. They were divided into the Arecomici on the east and the Tectosages on the west, separated by the river Arauris (Herault). The Vol cae were free and independent, had their own laws, and pos sessed the ius Latii. The chief town of the Tectosages was
Tolosa (Toulouse) ; of the Arecomici, Nemausus (Nimes) ; the capital of the province was Narbo Martius (Narbonne).