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The Ligures (singular Ligus or Ligur; English: Ligurians, Greek: ) were an ancient Indo-European people who gave their name to Liguria, a region of north-western Italy.〔("Liguria", in William Smith (ed.), ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'' (1854) )〕 They spoke the old Ligurian language which is generally believed to have been an Indo-European language with both Italic and particularly strong Celtic affinities. Because of the strong Celtic influences on their language and culture, they were known already in antiquity as Celto-Ligurians (in Greek , Keltolígues). ==Classical sources== According to Plutarch they called themselves ''Ambrones'', which could indicate a relationship with the Ambrones of northern Europe.〔 Strabo tells us that they were of a different race from the Celts (by which he means Gauls) who inhabited the rest of the Alps, though they resembled them in their mode of life.〔Strabo, ''Geography'', book 2, chapter 5, section 28.〕 Aeschylus represents Hercules as contending with the Ligures on the stony plains near the mouths of the Rhone, and Herodotus speaks of Ligures inhabiting the country above Massilia (modern Marseilles, founded by the Greeks). Thucydides also speaks of the Ligures having expelled the Sicanians, an Iberian tribe, from the banks of the river Sicanus, in Iberia. The Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax describes the Ligyes (Ligures) living along the Mediterranean coast from Antion (Antibes) as far as the mouth of the Rhone; then intermingled with the Iberians from the Rhone to Emporion in Spain. People with Ligurian names were living south of Placentia, in Italy, as late as 102 AD. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ligures」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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