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ALLOBROGES

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(Inscription, Livy, Velleius, Florus); from Allobroas (Horace): a people of Gallia Narbonensis, situated between the rivers Hara and Rhodanus, and the Lacus Lemnus; commended by Cicero for their fidelity; but reproached by Horace on account of their fondness for novelty.

Novifque rebus infidelis Allobroas. Epod. 16.