The Laevi, or Levi (who are not to be confused with
descendants of Levi), were a
Ligurian[Livius, '']Ab Urbe condita
''Ab urbe condita'' ( 'from the founding of the City'), or ''anno urbis conditae'' (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an exp ...
'' 5.34-35.3. people in
Gallia Transpadana, on the river
Ticinus, who, in conjunction with the
Marici, built the town of
Ticinum
Ticinum (the modern Pavia) was an ancient city of Gallia Transpadana, founded on the banks of the river of the same name (now the Ticino river) a little way above its confluence with the Padus ( Po).
It was said by Pliny the Elder to have been ...
(the modern
Pavia
Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...
).
They joined Bellovesus' migrations towards Italy, together with the Aeduii, Bituriges, Ambarri, Arverni, Aulerci, Carnutes and Senones.
References
* Harry Thurston Peck, ''Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities'' (1898). Article available onlin
here
Gauls
Ligures
Historical Celtic peoples
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