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Archaeology in Geneva.(Report from Europe.)(Brief Article)
The Allobroges were an important Celtic tribe in Gaul, situated in southeastern France in what is now Dauphine and Savoy and extending across the Alpine border into Switzerland. They were a warlike tribe and controlled many of the passes between Rome and its territories north of the Alps.
When Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, led an army across the Alps in 218 BC, it was the Allobroges who attempted to stop him. They were rich and powerful as well as competent at agriculture, animal husbandry, and mining. A century after Hannibal's crossing in 121 BC, the Allobroges were conquered and in time integrated into the Roman Empire.
Although the tribe's capital was Vienne, ...
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