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The Albiones or Albioni were a Gallaecian people living the north coast of modern Spain in western Asturias and eastern Galicia mentioned by Pliny the Elder. They are generally included in maps of Roman Spain.thumb|100px|The Nicer Clutosi stele inscription.The name Albiones is also attested on the "stele of Nicer Clutosi" found near Vegadeo, which has the inscription: ☧ NICER CLUTOSI (filius) C(astello) CARIACA PRINCIPIS ALBIONUM AN(norum) LXXV HI(c) S(itus) EST, which can be translated as " Nicer, [son] of Clutoso from the house of Cariaca, prince of the Albions, [died aged] 75 years, lies here."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Albiones” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.