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AMBIANI

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or AMBIANENSIS CIVITAS, now Amiens, a city of Picardy. It is called Samarobriva by Caesar and Cicero; which, according to Valerius, signifies the bridge of the Samara or Somme. Ambiani is a later name, taken from that of the people, after the usual manner of the lower age.