Albici
People / regional collective
Civil War 1.34 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “… Receiving these instructions, the people of Massilia had closed their gates against Caesar, and had called to their aid the Albici, a barbarian tribe, who owed allegiance to them from olden times, and inhabited the hills above Massilia; they had collected and brought into their town corn from the neighbouring districts and from all the strongholds; they had …”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Civil War 1.34
Caesar
… Receiving these instructions, the people of Massilia had closed their gates against Caesar, and had called to their aid the Albici, a barbarian tribe, who owed allegiance to them from olden times, and inhabited the hills above Massilia; they had collected and brought into their town corn from the neighbouring districts and from all the strongholds; they had set up manufactories of arms in the town, and were engaged in repairing their walls, gates, and fleet.
Civil War 1.56
Caesar
… On board they put a great number of archers and of the Albici, about whom I have explained before, and stimulate them by prizes and promises. …
Civil War 1.57
Caesar
… The fight was maintained with the utmost bravery and impetuosity on both sides, nor Sid the Albici, rough mountaineers trained in arms, fall far below our men in valour, and having lately come from the Massilians, they kept in mind their recent promises, while the herdsmen of Domitius, stimulated by the hope of liberty, were eager to display their zeal before their master’s eyes.
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