Note 1060 — Chapter XCVIII · OUTLYING HELLENIC CITIES.
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Strabo, iii. p. 165. A fact told to Poseidonius by a Massaliot proprietor who was his personal friend.
In the siege of Massalia by Cæsar, a detachment of Albici,—mountaineers not far from the town, and old allies or dependents—were brought in to help in the defence (Cæsar, Bell. G. i. 34).