The Ambidravi (

Gaulish Gaulish is an extinct Celtic languages, Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, ...

: *''Ambidrauoi'', 'those around the Dravus') were a Gallic tribe dwelling around the upper

Drava The Drava or Drave (, ; ; ; ; ), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe.

river, near

Teurnia Teurnia (later Tiburnia) was a Roman Empire, Roman city (''municipium''). Today its ruins lie in western Carinthia (state), Carinthia. In Late Antiquity, late antiquity it was also a bishop's see, and towards the end of Roman times it was mention ...

(Austria), during the

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Name

They are mentioned as ''Ambídranoi'' (Ἀμβίδρανοι) by

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; , ; ; – 160s/170s AD) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine science, Byzant ...

(2nd c. AD), and as ''Ambidr(avi)'' and '' bidr(avi)'' on inscriptions., s.v. ''Ambidrauoi''. The ethnic name ''Ambidravi'' is a latinized form of the

*''Ambridauoi'', which means 'around the Dravus', that is 'those living around the Dravus river'.

Geography

The Ambidravi lived around the upper Dravas river (modern

Drava The Drava or Drave (, ; ; ; ; ), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe.

), near the city of

. Their territory was located north of the Ambilici, east of the Laianci., Map 19: Raetia.

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