TheLibicii (orLibui,Libii) were aGallic tribe dwelling in theCamargue region during theIron Age.

They are mentioned asLebékioi (Λεβέκιοι) byPolybius (2nd c. BC),^[1]Libui byLivy (late 1st c. BC),^[2]Libii andLibiciorum byPliny (1st c. AD),^[3] and asLibikō̃n (Λιβικῶν) byPtolemy (2nd c. AD).^[4][5]

According toPatrizia de Bernardo Stempel, the ethnonymLibikoi could derive from an earlier*lub^hikoi ('the loving ones'; fromGaulishlubi 'love') with pretonic vowel assimilation (u...i >i...i).^[6]

A homonym tribe is documented in northern Italy (seeLibicii (Cisalpine Gaul)). This may be the result of migrations from southern France.^[7]

Their territory was situated west of theAnatilii andAvatici, south of theVolcae Arecomici andCavari.^[8] TheoraLibica mentioned by Pliny refer to the western Rhône delta (Petit-Rhône [fr]), that is to say theCamargue region.^[9] According to historianGuy Barruol, they were part of theSaluvian confederation.^[10]

Anoppidum withLatin Rights given by Pliny asLibii was probably the name of their chief town.^[9]

• Barruol, Guy (1969).Les Peuples préromains du Sud-Est de la Gaule: étude de géographie historique. E. de Boccard.OCLC 3279201.
• de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (2000). "Ptolemy's Celtic Italy and Ireland: A linguistic analysis". In Parsons, David N.; Sims-Williams, Patrick (eds.).Ptolemy: Towards a Linguistic Atlas of the Earliest Celtic Place-names of Europe. CMCS. pp. 83–112.ISBN 978-0952747833.
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