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Mediomatrici
thumb|right|Civitas of the Mediomatrici thumb|City scape of Divodurum Mediomatricum (ca. 2nd century AD), ancestor of present-day Metz, capital of the Mediomatrici. The Mediomatrici (Gaulish: *Medio-māteres) were according to Caesar a Gaulish tribe at the frontier to the Belgicae dwelling in the present-day regions Lorraine, Upper Moselle during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Catalauni
The Catalauni (Gaulish: *Catu-uellaunoi 'war-chiefs') were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the modern Champagne region during the Roman period. The Catalauni probably belonged to a larger tribe, either the Remi in the north or the Lingones in the south. The Catuvellauni, who migrated to southern Britain in the 1st century BC, are likely part of the same tribal group.
Lexovii
The Lexovii (Gaulish: *Lexsouioi, 'the leaning, lame'), were a Gallic tribe dwelling immediately west of the mouth of the Seine, around present-day Lisieux, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Serdi
thumb|300px|right| Obverse and reverse|O: head of [[river-god Strymon
Ambarri
thumb|Ambarrian gold coin The Ambarri were a Gallic people dwelling in the modern Ain department during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Eburovices
The Eburovices or Aulerci Eburovices (Gaulish: *'''', 'those who vanquish by the yew') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the modern Eure department during the Iron Age and the Roman period. They were part of the Aulerci.
Veragri
The Veragrī (Gaulish: *Ueragroi, 'super-warriors'; Greek: ) were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Martigny, in the Pennine Alps, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Viromandui
right|thumb|Plan of the oppidum of the Viromandui at Vermand by Édouard Fleury (1877) The Viromanduī or Veromanduī (Gaulish: *Uiromanduoi) were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the modern Vermandois region (Picardy) during the Iron Age and Roman periods. During the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC), they belonged to the Belgic coalition of 57 BC against Caesar.
Segusiavi
The Segusiavi (Gaulish: *Segusiauī) were a Gallic tribe dwelling around the modern city of Feurs, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Other important sites within their territory were present-day Roanne, a flourishing center of trade and commercial production even before Roman rule, and Lyon, which was developed as an urban center by the Romans.
Trocmi
The Trocmii or Trocmi were one of the three ancient tribes of Galatia in central Asia Minor, together with the Tolistobogii and Tectosages, part of the possible Gallic group who moved from Macedonia into Asia Minor in the early third century BCE. All three tribes were beaten in 189 BCE by the Roman consul Gnaeus Manlius Vulso at the battles of Mt. Olympus and Mt. Magaba.
Vocontii
The Vocontii (Gaulish: *Uocontioi; Greek: Οὐοκόντιοι, Οὐοκοντίων) were a Gallic people dwelling on the western foothills of the Alps during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Cenomani
people of Cisalpine Gaul
Baiocasses
thumb|A stater of the Baiocasses depicting a human profile with a boar set within whirls of pattern that extend from the stylized hair. The Celtic war locks are clearly represented and could justify the etymology The Bodiocasses or Baiocasses were an ancient Gallic tribe of the Roman period. They were a tribal division of the civitas of the Lexovii, in the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis.
Ceutrones
celtic tribe
Tectosages
thumb|Strabo's supposed emigration of the Tectosages
Cadurci
The Cadurci were a Gallic people dwelling in the later region of Quercy (modern southwestern France) during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Abrincatui
The Abrincatui or Abricantui were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the south of the Cotentin Peninsula during the Roman period.
Nitiobroges
The Nitiobroges (Gaulish: *Nitiobrogis, 'the indigenous') were a Gallic tribe dwelling on the middle Garonne river, around their chief town Aginnon (modern-day Agen), during Iron Age and the Roman period.
Sotiates
thumb|right|252x252px|Aquitani tribes at both sides of the Pyrenees. The Sotiates were an Aquitani tribe dwelling in the region surrounding the modern town of Sos (Lot-et-Garonne) during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Helvii
The Helvii (also Elui, ancient Greek Ἑλουοί) were a relatively small Celtic polity west of the Rhône river on the northern border of Gallia Narbonensis. Their territory was roughly equivalent to the Vivarais, in the modern French department of Ardèche. Alba Helviorum was their capital, possibly the Alba Augusta mentioned by Ptolemy, and usually identified with modern-day Alba-la-Romaine (earlier Aps). In the 5th century the capital seems to have been moved to Viviers.
Tricasses
The Tricasses were a Gallic tribe dwelling on the upper Seine and the Aube rivers during the Roman period. Until the first century AD, they were probably reckoned among the Senones.
Viducasses
The Viducassēs (Gaulish: *Uiducassēs) were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the modern Calvados department during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Veliocasses
The Veliocasses or Velocasses (Gaulish: *Ueliocassēs) were a Belgic or Gallic tribe of the La Tène and Roman periods, dwelling in the south of modern Seine-Maritime and in the north of Eure.
Gabali
The Gabali (Gaulish: *Gabli) were a small Gallic tribe living in the mountainous Gévaudan region during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Clients of the powerful Arverni, they took part in the Gallic uprising against Rome in 52 BC under Vercingetorix. Under Roman rule they formed a distinct civitas, probably created under Augustus to limit Arvernian territorial dominance, with its chief town at Anderitum (modern Javols) Their economy relied primarily on pastoralism, forestry, mining and craft production linked to regional trade networks.
Venostes
The Venostes were a Celtic or Rhaetian tribe dwelling in the present-day Vinschgau Valley (Val Venosta) during the Iron Age.
Orobii
The Orobii (also Orobi, Oromobi or Orumbovii) were a Celto-Ligurian tribe dwelling around present-day Como and Bergamo during the Iron Age.
Ambivareti
The Ambivareti were a small ancient Gallic tribe living in what is now the region of Burgundy during the Iron Age. They were clients of the most powerful Aedui.
Medulli
The Medulli (Gaulish: Medulloi) were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the upper valley of Maurienne, around present-day Modane (Savoie), during the Iron Age and Roman period.
Esuvii
The Esuvii (or Esubii; Gaulish: Esuuii) were a Gallic tribe dwelling between the lower Seine and the Loire river, in what is now Normandy, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Caeroesi
The Caerosi (or Caeroesi) were a small Belgic-Germanic tribe that lived in Gallia Belgica during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Their ethnic identity remains uncertain. Caesar described them as part of the Germani Cisrhenani, but their tribal name is probably of Celtic origin. Like other Germani Cisrhenani tribes, it is possible that their old Germanic endonym came to be abandoned after a tribal reorganization, that they received their names from their Celtic neighbours, or else that they were fully or partially assimilated into Celtic culture at the time of the Roman invasion of the regio
Genauni
The Genauni or Genaunes (Gaulish: *Genaunoi, earlier *Gēnomnoi, 'the natives') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the eastern valley of the Inn river, in Tyrol, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Meldi
The Meldi were a Gallic tribe living in the region of modern Meaux (Seine-et-Marne) during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Graioceli
The Graioceli were a small Gallic tribe dwelling in the valley of Maurienne, in the modern region of Savoie, during the Iron Age.
Vellavi
thumb|right|300px|The Vellavii sited south of the Arverni— whose name is embodied in Auvergne The Vellavii (Gaulish: *Uellauī) were a Gallic tribe dwelling around the modern city of Le Puy-en-Velay, in the region of the Auvergne, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
braccae
' (or ') is the Latin term for "trousers", and in this context is today used to refer to a style of trousers made from wool. According to the Romans, this style of clothing originated from the Gauls.
Divodurum Mediomatricorum
Arecomici
thumb|Bronze coin with the abbreviated name of the Arecomici
Brannovices
The Brannovices or Aulerci Brannovices (Gaulish: *Brannouīcēs) were a Gallic tribe living in the Saône valley or south of the modern Yonne department before the Roman period. They were part of the Aulerci.
Tricastini
The Tricastini were a small Gallic tribe dwelling in the modern Tricastin region, near present-day Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Ambibarii
thumb | right | Maps of the Gallic and Aquitaine peoples The Ambibarii were an ancient Gallic tribe living in Armorica during the Iron Age.
Vennones
The Vennones or Vennonetes were a Gallic or Rhaetian tribe dwelling in the northern Alps, between Chur and Lake Constance, during the Iron Age and the Roman era.
Albici
The Albici (also Albieis or Albienses) were a Gallic tribe living in modern Vaucluse (southeastern France) during the Iron Age and the Roman period. A long-standing ally of the Greek colony of Massalia, they were likely incorporated into the province of Gallia Narbonensis by the Romans in the late 2nd century BC. The Albici played a notable role during the siege of Massalia in 49 BC.
Ambiliati
The Ambiliati or Ambilatri were an ancient Gallic tribe living in the southern part of Armorica, near modern Cholet, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Geidumni
The Geidumni were a small Belgic tribe living in Gallia Belgica during the Iron Age. They were clients of the most powerful Nervii.
Grudii
The Grudii were a small Belgic tribe living in Gallia Belgica during the Iron Age. They were clients of the most powerful Nervii.
Ambisontes
The Ambisontes (Gaulish: 'those around the Isontia') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the upper Salzach valley during the Roman period.
Eleuteti
The Eleuteti were a small ancient Gallic tribe living in what is now Central France during the Iron Age. They were clients of the most powerful Arverni.
Silvanectes
The Silvanectes (or Sulbanectes) were a small Belgic tribe dwelling around present-day Senlis (Oise) during the Roman period.
Tricorii
The Tricorii were a Gallic tribe living in the Drac valley, in the Dauphiné Prealps, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. They are attested in ancient sources primarily in connection with Hannibal's crossing of the Alps in 218 BC, and later with the Helvetii migration into Gaul in 58 BC during the Gallic Wars. The Tricorii did not form a civitas under the Roman Empire and appear to have been either subdued by Rome at an earlier date or assimilated into a neighbouring people after the Roman conquest.
Suanetes
The Suanetes were an Raetian tribe living in the Alps, near modern Chur (eastern Switzerland), during the Iron Age and the Roman era.
Acitavones
The Acitavones were a small Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alps during the Iron Age.
Consoranni
The Consoranni or Consuarani were an Aquitani tribe living in the Pyrenees during the Roman period. Their territory was located on the eastern edge of Gallia Aquitania, between the valleys of the Salat and the Lez and the Arize massif. Their chief settlement was located in the Salat valley, at either Saint-Girons or Saint-Lizier, controlling access to the upper Couserans.
Avatici
The Avatici (Gaulish: *Auaticoi) were a Gallic tribe dwelling near the Étang de Berre, between the mouth of the Rhône river and Massilia (modern Marseille), during the Roman period.
Brigantii
The Brigantii (Gaulish: Brigantioi, 'the eminent, high ones') were a Gallic tribe who lived southeast of Lake Constance (Lacus Brigantinus), in the area of present-day Bregenz (Brigantion), in Austria's state of Vorarlberg, during the Roman era.
Pleumoxii
The Pleumoxii or Pleumosii were a small Belgic tribe living in Gallia Belgica during the Iron Age. They were clients of the most powerful Nervii.
Brigianii
The Brigianii (Gaulish: *Brigianioi) were a Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Briançon during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Adanates
The Adanates or Edenates were a small Gallic tribe dwelling around present-day Seyne, in the Alpes Cottiae, during the Iron Age.
Licates
The Licates (Gaulish: *Licatis 'those of the Licca' or 'those of the rock') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the upper valley of the Lech river during the Iron Age and the Roman period.