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The Ambilici (
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, ...
: ''Ambilicoi'', 'those around the Licos') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the valley of
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river (southern Austria) during the
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Name

They are mentioned as ''Ambílikoi'' (Ἀμβίλικοι; var. Ἀμβλικοί) 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)., s.v. ''Ambilikoi''. The ethnic name ''Ambilici'' is a latinized form of the
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, ...
''Ambilicoi'', which probably means 'around the Licos', that is 'those living around the Licos river'. The river name itself appears to be derived from ''lic(c)a'' ('flat stone'). Alternatively, it can be translated as 'the people on the rock' or 'the people around the cliff', by deriving the second element directly from Gaulish ''lica''.


Geography

The Ambilici lived around the Licos river (modern
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). Their territory was located south of the
Ambidravi The Ambidravi (Gaulish: *''Ambidrauoi'', 'those around the Dravus') were a Gallic tribe dwelling around the upper Drava river, near Teurnia (Austria), during the Roman period. Name They are mentioned as ''Ambídranoi'' (Ἀμβίδρανοι) ...
, east of the Laianci, Saevates and Catubrini, north of the
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., Map 19: Raetia.


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