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The Lemovīcēs (Gaulish language: * Lēmouīcēs, 'those who vanquish by the elm') were a Gauls tribe dwelling in the modern Limousin region during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
The Gaulish ethnonym * Lemouīcēs literally means 'those who vanquish by the elm', probably in reference to the wood from which were made their spears or bows. It derives from the stem lēmo- ('elm'; cf. Old Irish lem, Middle Welsh llwyfen) attached to the suffix -uices ('victors'). The Proto-Celtic stem *lēmo- or *limo- ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem or *h₁leym- ('elm'; cf. Latin ulmus 'elm', Old Norse almr 'elm, bow', Russian language il'm 'mountain elm').
The city of Limoges, attested ca. 400 AD as civitas Lemovicum ('civitas of the Lemovices', Lemovicas in 844, Lemotges in 1208), and the Limousin region, attested in the 6th c. AD as Lemovicinum ( pago Lemovicino in 860, Lemozi in 1071–1127), are named after the Gallic tribe.
In 52 BC, some 10,000 Lemovician combatants fought against Julius Caesar at the Battle of Alesia as allies to the Arverni under Vercingetorix. (2025). 9780816049646, Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9780816049646 Their chief, Sedullos, was killed during the battle.
Briva Curretia (Brive; from Gaulish language briua 'bridge'), Blatomago (Blond) and Carovicus (Château-Chervix) are known vici ('villages') of the Lemovician territory.
Other locations associated with them were Acitodunum (Ahun), Argentate (Argentat), Cassinomagus (Chassenon), Roncomagus (Rancon), Excingidiacum (Yssandon) et Uxellum (Ussel). One of their main sanctuaries was recently found in Tintignac including several unique objects in the world such as "carnyx".http://tintignac.wix.com/tintignac-naves#!english/c11e3Official website of Tintignac-Naves
Archaeologists during the latter part of the 19th century found gold mines in the Lemovician settlement in Limousin, particularly in the south-western region of the Massif Central in west-central France. (2025). 9789048145003, Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 9789048145003 This discovery allowed the identification of techniques and the chronology of the mining activity because the Lemovices did not mention their mining heritage and their gold.
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