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See also:ALLOBROGES (in Gr. usually 'AXX6j3peryes) , a See also:Celtic tribe in the See also:north of Gallia Narbonensis, inhabiting the See also:low ground called the "See also:island" between the Rhodanus, the Isara and the Graian See also:Alps, corresponding to the See also:modern See also:Dauphine and See also:Savoy. If the name is rightly interpreted as meaning " aliens," they would seem to have driven out the See also:original inhabitants. Their See also:chief towns were See also:Vienna (See also:Vienne), Genava (See also:Geneva) and Cularo (afterwards Gratianopolis, whence See also:Grenoble). The Allobroges first occur in See also:history as taking See also:part with See also:Hannibal in the invasion of See also:Italy. After the subjugation of the Salluvii (See also:Salyes) by the See also:Romans in 123 B.C., having given shelter to their See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king Tutomotulus and refused to surrender him, the Allobroges were attacked and finally defeated (See also:August 8, 121) at the junction of the Rhodanus and Isara by Q. See also:Fabius See also:Maximus (afterwards Allobrogicus). But they still remained hostile to See also:Rome, as is shown by the conduct of their ambassadors in the Catilinarian See also:conspiracy (63; see See also:CATILINE); two years later a revolt under Catugnatus was put down by Gains Pomptinus at Solonium. Under See also:Augustus they were included in Gallia Narbonensis; later, in the Viennensis.
See A. Desjardins, Geographie historique de la Gaule romaine, ii. (1876–1893) ; E. See also:Herzog, Galliae Narbonensis Historia (See also:Leipzig; 1864) ; See also:Mommsen, Hist. of Rome (Eng. trans.), bk. iii. ch. 4, iv. ch. 5; T. R. See also:Holmes, See also:Caesar's See also:Conquest of See also:Gaul (1899); G. See also:Long in See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith's Dict. of See also:Greek and See also:Roman See also:Geography; M. Ihm in Pauly-Wissowa's Realencydopadie, i. 2 (1894) ; A. Holder, Alt-celtischer Sprachschatz; and bibliography in La grande encyclopedia (s.v.).
End of Article: ALLOBROGES (in Gr. usually 'AXX6j3peryes)
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