The Hamaxobians, also or Amaxobii or Amaxobians, in ancient geography, were a kind of people who had no houses or tents, but lived together in chariots. The word is compounded of Greek αμαζα ("chariot"), and βιος (vita, "life"). This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "article name needed". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.