From Salt To Salary: Linguists Take A Page From Science : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR

i i I am very fortunate to live in a beautiful corner of the world — Lausanne, Switzerland. This medieval city grew out of what was originally a Roman settlement on the shore of Lake Geneva, dating back to the first century BC. It was an important stop-over point on the trading route from western Europe across the Alps to Rome.