The Eburovices or Aulerci Eburovices (Gaulish: *', 'those who vanquish by the yew') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the modern Eure department during the Iron Age and the Roman period. They were part of the Aulerci.
They are mentioned as Aulerci Eburovices by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), Aulerci qui cognominantur Eburovices by Pliny (1st c. AD), and as AuÃÂlÃÂrkioioiàEÃÂbourouikoì (ÃÂá½ÂûïÃÂúùÿùÿἱ á¼ÂòÿàÃÂÿàùúÿὶ) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD).
The Gaulish ethnonym *' means 'those who vanquish by the yew', probably in reference to the wood used to make their bows or spears. It stems from the root - ('yew'; cf. OIr. ' 'yew', or Middle Welsh ' 'cow parsnip, hog-weed') attached to the suffix ' ('combatants, victors').
Other peoples named Aulerci are also mentioned by ancient sources: the Aulerci Cenomani, Aulerci Diablintes, and Aulerci Brannovices. The relationship that linked them together remains uncertain. According to historian Venceslas Kruta, they could have been pagi that got separated from a larger ethnic group during the pre-Roman period.
The city of ÃÂvreux, attested ca. 400 AD as civitas Ebroicorum ('civitas of the Eburovices'; Ebroicas in 511, Ebroas ca. 1034), is named after the tribe.
During the Roman period, their chief town was Mediolanum Aulercorum (modern ÃÂvreux, in Normandy). The limits of their civitas corresponded to those of the later diocese of ÃÂvreux.
A votive altar with a dedication to a deus Gisacos was found in a sanctuary at Gisacum (Le Vieil-ÃÂvreux).