Eburovices
The Eburovices or Aulerci Eburovices (Gaulish: "Eburouices", '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. Name. They are mentioned as "Aulerci Eburovices" by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), "Aulerci qui cognominantur Eburovices" by Pliny (1st c. AD), and as "Au̓lírkioioi̔ E̓bourouikoì" (Αὐλίρκιοιοἱ Ἐβουρουικοὶ) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD). The Gaulish ethnonym "Eburouices" literally 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  eburo- ('yew'; cf. OIr. "ibar" 'yew', or Middle Welsh "efwr" 'cow parsnip, hog-weed') attached to the suffix "-uices" ('combatants, victors'). The city of Évreux, attested ca. 400 AD as "civitas Ebroicorum" ('civitas of the Eburovices'; "Ebroicas" in 511, "Ebroas" ca. 1034), is named after the tribe. Geography. During the Roman period, their chief town was Mediolanum Aulercorum (modern Évreux, in Normandy). The limits of their "civitas" corresponded to those of the later diocese of Évreux. Religion. A votive altar with a dedication to a "deus Gisacos" was found in a sanctuary at Gisacum (Le Vieil-Évreux).