Lemovices
Sign in to saveThe Lemovices (Gaulish: *Lēmouīcēs, 'those who vanquish by the elm') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the modern Limousin region during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
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The Lemovices (Gaulish: *Lēmouīcēs, 'those who vanquish by the elm') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the modern Limousin region during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
== Name == They are mentioned as Lemovices by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC) and Pliny (1st c. AD), Lemoouíkes (Λεμοουίκες) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), and as Limouikoí (Λιμουικοί) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD).
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