Lugii

The Lugii, Lygii, Ligii or Lugiones (also Lygians, Lugians) were a tribe of Indoeuropean origin, but of disputed ethnic background: Celtic, Germanic, Slavonic or mixed. They lived in ca. 400 BC–300 AD in Central Europe, north of Sudetes mountains in the basin of upper Odra and Vistula rivers, covering most of modern south and middle Poland (regions of Silesia, Greater Poland, Mazovia and Little Poland). Most of archaeologists identify the Lugians with the Przeworsk culture. The source of their power was control of the most important middle part of the Amber Road from Sambia at the Baltic Sea to the provinces of Roman Empire: Pannonia, Noricum and Raetia.

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Indoeuropean - Celtic - Germanic - Slavonic - Sudetes - Odra - Vistula - Poland - Silesia - Greater Poland - Mazovia - Little Poland - Przeworsk culture - Amber Road - Sambia - Baltic Sea - Roman Empire - Pannonia - Noricum - Raetia

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