Allobroges
Sign in to saveThe Allobroges (Gaulish: *Allobrogis, 'foreigner, exiled'; ) were a Gallic people dwelling in a large territory between the Rhône river and the Alps during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
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- Name
- Attestations
- Etymology
- Geography
- Territory
- Settlements
- Solonion
- Vienna
- Other settlements
- History
- Pre-Roman period
- Origin
- Hannibal's crossing of the Alps (218 BC)
- Early Roman period
- Annexion to the Roman Republic (121 BC)
- Legal protests (69–63 BC)
- Revolt against Rome (62–61 BC)
- Political turmoils (58–44 BC)
- Roman Empire
- Religion
- Political organization
- Economy
- Legacy
- Légion des Allobroges
- See also
- References
- Primary sources
- Bibliography
- Further reading
The Allobroges (Gaulish: *Allobrogis, 'foreigner, exiled'; ) were a Gallic people dwelling in a large territory between the Rhône river and the Alps during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
The Allobroges came relatively late to Gaul compared to most other tribes of Gallia Narbonensis; they first appear in historical records in connection with Hannibal's crossing of the Alps in 218 BC. Their territory was subsequently annexed to Rome in 121 BC by Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus. An attempted revolt was crushed by Gaius Pomptinus in 61 BC. However, they had rejected the second Catilinarian conspiracy in 63 BC. During the Gallic Wars, the Allobroges did not side with Vercingetorix at the Battle of Alesia in 52 BC.