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Gelbis

Gelbis a branch of the Mosel, mentioned by Ausonius in his poem (Mosella, 5.359):--

Te rapidus Gelbis, te marmore clarus Erubrus,--Nobilibus

Gelbis celebratus piscibus.

The Gelb may be the Kill, which joins the Mosel on the left bank, below Augusta Trevirorum (Trier, Trèves).

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.