Ligures
Sign in to savethumb|Ethnolinguistic map of Italy in the Iron Age, before the Roman expansion and conquest of Italy. Ligures are located in the upper left corner of the map (green).
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25 sectionsContents
- Name
- Geographical area of ancient Liguria
- History
- Copper and Bronze ages
- Canegrate and Golasecca cultures
- Founding of Genoa
- First contacts with Romans
- Second Punic War
- Roman conquest of Ligurians
- Under Roman rule
- Theories on the origin of the Ligurians
- Culture
- Society
- Religion
- Dress
- Warfare
- Tactics, unit types and equipment
- Cavalry
- Under Roman service
- Economy
- Tribes
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
thumb|Ethnolinguistic map of Italy in the Iron Age, before the Roman expansion and conquest of Italy. Ligures are located in the upper left corner of the map (green).
The Ligures (Latin sg. Ligus; also Ligustici or Ligustini) or in English Ligurians, were an ancient people after whom Liguria, a region of present-day north-western Italy, is named. Because of the strong Celtic influences on their language and culture, they were also known in antiquity as Celto-Ligures and hence in English as Celto-Ligurians.