chiefdom · France and the Low Countries

Leuci

300 BCE – 51 BCE (approx.) · capital Tullum

Gallic people of southern Lorraine around Toul, steady suppliers of grain to Caesar's armies.

Origins

The Leuci lived on the upper Moselle and Meuse, in the modern departments of Meurthe-et-Moselle and Vosges. Caesar mentions them among the peoples who supplied his army with grain in 58 BCE.

Rule and society

Nothing is known of their rulers. Their land included sanctuaries that grew important under Rome, above all Grand, a great healing shrine of Apollo Grannus with a large mosaic and amphitheatre.

Decline and legacy

The Leuci seem to have stayed loyal during the revolts, and Rome gave them the status of a free civitas. Their chief town Tullum became Toul, later one of the Three Bishoprics.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Connections (1)

More states of France and the Low Countries →

Cite this page
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Leuci. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/leuci
MLA
“Leuci.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/leuci. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Leuci.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/leuci.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Leuci’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/leuci (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random state ↻