Leucians
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The Leucī (Gaulish: Leucoi, 'the bright, lightning ones') were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the southern part of the modern Lorraine region during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
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The Leucī (Gaulish: Leucoi, 'the bright, lightning ones') were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the southern part of the modern Lorraine region during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
== Name == They are mentioned as Leucos (acc.) by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), Leūkoi (Λευ̃κοι) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), Leuci by Pliny (1st c. AD), and as Leukoì (Λευκοὶ) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD).
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