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The Auscii or Ausci were an Aquitani tribe dwelling around present-day Auch during the Iron Age.
Alongside the Tarbelli, they were one of the most powerful peoples of Aquitania.[1]
Name
They are mentioned as Ausci by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), Pliny (1st c. AD) and Pomponius Mela (mid-1st c. AD),[2][3][4] and as Au̓skíois (Αὐσκίοις) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD).[5][6]
The ethnonym Auscii may be related to the prefix eusk-, meaning 'Basque' in the Basque language (euskara).[7]
The city of Auch, attested as civitas Auscius in the early 4th century AD, is named after the tribe.[8]
Geography
Their territory was located north of the Onobrisates, west of the Cambolectri and Volcae Tectosages, south of the Lactorates, west of the Atures.[9]
The chief town of the Auscii was known as Elimberrum (modern Auch), whose name can be compared to the Basque ili-berri ('new town').[10]
Culture
It is believed that the Auscii spoke a form or dialect of the Aquitanian language, a precursor of the Basque language.[11]
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References
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