The Libicii (or Libui, Libii) were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Camargue region during the Iron Age.
They are mentioned as Lebékioi (Λεβέκιοι) by Polybius (2nd c. BC), [1] Libui by Livy (late 1st c. BC), [2] Libii and Libiciorum by Pliny (1st c. AD), [3] and as Libikō̃n (Λιβικῶν) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD). [4] [5]
According to Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel, the ethnonym Libikoi could derive from an earlier *lubhikoi ('the loving ones'; from Gaulish lubi 'love') with pretonic vowel assimilation (u...i > i...i). [6]
A homonym tribe is documented in northern Italy (see Libicii (Cisalpine Gaul)). This may be the result of migrations from southern France. [7]
Their territory was situated west of the Anatilii and Avatici, south of the Volcae Arecomici and Cavari. [8] The oraLibica mentioned by Pliny refer to the western Rhône delta (Petit-Rhône ), that is to say the Camargue region. [9] According to historian Guy Barruol, they were part of the Saluvian confederation. [10]
An oppidum with Latin Rights given by Pliny as Libii was probably the name of their chief town. [9]
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