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Ausci

300 BCE – 56 BCE (approx.) · capital Elimberris

Aquitanian people of Gascony whose chief town Elimberris became Auch, later the religious capital of the region.

Origins

The Ausci lived in the hills of central Gascony, in the modern Gers. They were among the Aquitani, whose language was related to Basque; the name of their town, Elimberris, is usually read as Basque-like 'new town', comparable with Iliberris in Iberia.

Rule and society

Pomponius Mela calls them the most distinguished of the Aquitanian peoples. Nothing is recorded of their rulers before the conquest.

Decline and legacy

The Ausci gave hostages to Publius Crassus in 56 BCE without fighting. Their town was refounded as Augusta Auscorum, and in the early Middle Ages it replaced Eauze as the metropolitan see of Novempopulana. Auch remained the seat of an archbishop for all of Gascony.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ausci. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/ausci
MLA
“Ausci.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/ausci. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Ausci.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/ausci.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Ausci’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/ausci (Accessed: ).

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