HAMAXOBIANS, in the ancient geography, a people who had no houses, but lived in carriages. The word is formed from ἀρχύς, a carriage or chariot, and βίος, life.

The Hamaxobii, called also Hamaxobites, were an ancient people of Sarmatia Europae, inhabiting the southern part of Mucovia, who instead of houses had a fort of tents made of leather, and fixed on carriages to be ready for shifting and travel.