Duranius
Duranius (Dordogne), a large river of Gallia, which joins the Garumna (Garonne), on the right bank below Bordeaux. Ausonius (Mosella, 5.464) says of the Duranius,--
Concedes gelido Durani de monte volutus
Amnis.
The Dordogne rises in Mont Dor, which seems to have given the river its name. Mont Dor is in the department of Pay de Dome, and its summit is said to be the highest point of the mountains of central France. The name Duranius appears in the middle ages in various forms; and Dordonia, one of them, is the origin of the name Dordogne.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.