AQUITANIA, in Ancient Geography, one of the three principal divisions of Gallia Comata (Cæsar); bounded by the Garonne, the Pyrenees, and the ocean: this is the Aquitania Cæsariana, or Vetus. Augustus set the different boundaries, viz. the Loire, the Cevenes, the Pyrenees, and the ocean (Strabo). It was called Gallia Aquitanica (Pliny); and in the old Notitia Provincia Aquitanica. The people are called Aquitani (Cæsar). Now comprising Guienne (which seems to be a corruption of Aquitania) and Gascony.
AR, in Ancient Geography, the metropolis of Moab, in Arabia Petrea (Moses), and the royal residence, situated on the east side of the river Arnon. It was called also Rabba (Joshua): and to distinguish it from Rabba of the Ammonites, Rabbat Moab, and on coins Rabbath Moma (Reland). Eusebius says it was called Areopolis in his time, from Ar and Polis. The inhabitants are called Areopolitæ. St Jerome says that this city was entirely destroyed by an earthquake when he was a young man.