people
the Allobroges
also: Allobroges
A Gallic people of the Rhone valley (Transalpine Gaul) whose envoys, in Rome over grievances and debt, were drawn into the plot and then betrayed it to Cicero.
Reading notes
- The Conspiracy of Catiline §40 the Allobroges
A Gallic people of the Rhone valley; their envoys, in Rome with grievances, were drawn into the plot and then exposed it.