The Latobici or Latovici (Gaulish: Latobicoi) were a Celtic tribe dwelling in Pannonia Superior, around present-day Drnovo (Slovenia), during the Roman period.
[3][4] The ethnonym Latobici is a Latinized form of the Gaulish Latobicoi, which derives from the stem *lāto-, meaning 'furor, ardour' (cf.
Their territory was located north of the Colapiani, west of the Varciani, south of the Taurisci, east of the Rundictes.
[10] Inscriptions and shrines dedicated to the god Mars Latobius found in the catchment area of the Lavant river and the ridge of the Koralpe mountains may suggest that the Latobici originally lived around Virunum and Flavia Solva as late as the 1st century BC, from which they either extended their territory southward or emigrated to the region of Drnovo in Roman times.
[9] During the reign of Augustus (27 BC–14 AD), a city-like settlement known as municipium Latobicorum (tribus Quirina) arose as a centre of the tribal area at the site of present-day Drnovo.