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ALBINTEMELIUM

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ALBINTEMELIUM, ALBINTIMILIUM, (Tacitus;) or at full length, ALBINI TEMELIUM, (Pliny, Strabo;) now Vintimiglia, situated in the southwest of the territory of Genoa, near the borders of the county of Nice, with a port on the Mediterranean, at the mouth of the rivulet Rotta, almost about half-way between Monaco and S. Remo. E. Long. 7° 40' Lat. 43° 17'.

ALBIOCE, or ALEBECE, (Pliny, Strabo;) otherwise called Reii Apellinenses, from their superstitious worship of Apollo; also Civitas Reiensium; now Riez, in Provence, about 18 leagues to the north-east of Toulon, on the north side of the rivulet Verdon; was originally a Roman colony, (Inscription.) It is sometimes written Regium. The people were called Albi, (Cæsar.) E. Long. 1° 20' Lat. 43° 20'.