RAURACI
Eth.
RAURACI or
RAURICI (
Ῥαυρικοί).
The form Raurici appears in Ptolemy (
2.9.18), in Pliny (iv.
[p. 2.695]17), and in some inscriptions. Ptolemy mentions two towns of the Rauraci, Rauricorum Augusta and Argentovaria [AUGUSTA RAURACORUM; ARGENTARIA]. Augusta is
Augst near
Bâle, in the Swiss Canton of
Bâle, and Argentovaria may be
Artzenheim. The position of these places helps us to form a measure of the extent of the territory of the Rauraci, which may have nearly coincided with the bishopric of
Bâle.
The Rauraci joined the Helvetii in their emigration, B.C. 58. [
HELVETII]
[
G.L]