Editing Lugii (section)

{{Short description|Ancient tribal confederation of Central Europe}}
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The '''Lugii''' (or ''Lugi'', ''Lygii'', ''Ligii'', ''Lugiones'', ''Lygians'', ''Ligians'', ''Lugians'', or ''Lougoi'') were a group of tribes mentioned by [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] authors living in ca. 100 BC&ndash;300 AD in Central Europe, north of the [[Sudetes]] mountains in the basin of upper [[Oder River|Oder]] and [[Vistula]] rivers, covering most of modern southern and middle Poland (regions of [[Silesia]], [[Greater Poland]], [[Mazovia]] and [[Lesser Poland]]). 

Most archaeologists identify the Lugians with the [[Przeworsk culture]], which is also associated with the [[Vandals]], and it has been suggested that the Lugians and Vandals may have been closely related or even the same. While this culture was strongly [[Celts|Celtic]]-influenced in early Roman times, the Lugii are also sometimes regarded as [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]], like the Vandals. 

They played an important role on the middle part of the [[Amber Road]] from [[Sambia]] at the [[Baltic Sea]] to the provinces of [[Roman Empire]]: [[Pannonia]], [[Noricum]] and [[Raetia]].<ref name=Schutte/> The Lugii should not be confused with a tribe of the same name, usually spelled as ''[[Lugi]]'', that inhabited the southern part of [[Sutherland]] in [[Scotland]]. The Lugii have been identified by many modern historians as the same people as the [[Vandals]], with whom they must certainly have been strongly linked during Roman times.<ref name=Schutte/><ref name=Wolfram/><ref name=Anderson/>