Ălĕsĭa, ae, f., = Ἀλεσία, Diod. Sic.,
a city of the Mandubii in Celtic Gaul , now Alise in the Dép. de la Côte d’Or , Caes. B. G. 7, 68; id. B. C. 3, 47; Vell. 2, 47.—Also, Ălexĭa , ae, f., = Ἀλεξία Strabo, Flor. 2, 2; cf. Mannert Gall. 175.
ALE´SIA(Alise), a town of the Mandubii, who were neighbours of the Aedui. The name is sometimes writ...
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