The Ambarri were a Gallic

Gaul

Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...

 people, whom Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

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 (B. G. i. 11) calls close allies and kinsmen of the Aedui

Aedui

Aedui, Haedui or Hedui , were a Gallic people of Gallia Lugdunensis, who inhabited the country between the Arar and Liger , in today's France. Their territory thus included the greater part of the modern departments of Saône-et-Loire, Côte-d'Or and Nièvre.-Geography:The country of the Aedui is...

. If the reading Aedui Ambarri in the passage referred to is correct, the Ambarri were Aedui. They are not mentioned among the clientes of the Aedui. (B. G. vii. 75.) They occupied a tract in the valley of the Rhône

Rhône River

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, probably in the angle between the Saône

Saône

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 and the Rhône; and their neighbors on the east were the Allobroges

Allobroges

The Allobroges were a Celtic tribe of ancient Gaul, located between the Rhône River and the Lake of Geneva in what later became Savoy, Dauphiné, and Vivarais. Their cities were in the areas of modern-day Annecy, Chambéry and Grenoble, the modern of Isère, and modern Switzerland...

. They are mentioned by Livy

Livy

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 (v. 34) with the Aedui among those Galli who were said to have crossed the Alps

Alps

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 into Italy

Italy

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 in the time of Tarquinius Priscus

Tarquinius Priscus

Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, also called Tarquin the Elder or Tarquin I, was the legendary fifth King of Rome from 616 BC to 579 BC. His wife was Tanaquil.-Early life:According to Livy, Tarquinius Priscus came from the Etruria...

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Several communes

Communes of France

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 in today's Ain

Ain

Ain is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France. Being part of the region Rhône-Alpes and bordered by the rivers Saône and Rhône, the department of Ain enjoys a privileged geographic situation...

 department of France derive their name from them, including: Ambérieu-en-Bugey

Ambérieu-en-Bugey

Ambérieu-en-Bugey is a commune in the department of Ain in eastern France.It is the largest town in the arrondissement of Belley and the seat of the Ambérieu-en-Bugey canton, as well as the capital of the historic region of Bugey.-Geography:...

, Ambérieux-en-Dombes

Ambérieux-en-Dombes

Ambérieux-en-Dombes is a commune in the department of Ain in eastern France.-Population:-Personalities:The commune was the birthplace of Gundobad, 6th-century king of the Burgundians.-External links:*...

, Ambutrix

Ambutrix

Ambutrix is a commune in the Ain department in the Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.-Population:...

 and Ambronay

Ambronay

Ambronay is a commune in the Ain department in the Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is situated some north of Ambérieu-en-Bugey.-Abbey:...

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