Cauchæ
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Cauchæ was a town on Tigris mentioned by Pliny.[1]
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Kok = Cauchæ (Pliny.vi.32).
Mention by Pliny
Pliny [2] mentions Tigris......... After traversing the mountains of the Gordyæi13, it passes round Apamea14, a town of Mesene, one hundred and twenty-five miles on this side of Babylonian Seleucia, and then divides into two channels, one15 of which runs southward, and flowing through Mesene, runs towards Seleucia, while the other takes a turn to the north and passes through the plains of the Cauchæ16, at the back of the district of Mesene. When the waters have reunited, the river assumes the name of Pasitigris.
13 See c. 17 of the present Book.
14 The site of this place seems to be unknown. It has been remarked that it is difficult to explain the meaning of this passage of Pliny, or to determine the probable site of Apamea.
15 Hardouin remarks that this is the right arm of the Tigris, by Stephanus Byzantinus called Delas, and by Eustathius Sylax, which last he prefers.
16 According to Ammianus, one of the names of Seleucia on the Tigris was Coche.