The Rugusci were an ancient alpine people.
They probably lived in the area of southern Switzerland between the Upper Rhine Valley and the Upper Inn Valley.
The Rugusci were subjected to Rome in the context of Augusto's victory of Rezia and alpine arches, led by his generals Druso maggiore and Tiberius (the future emperor) against the alpine peoples between 16 and 15 BC >
The Rugusci name is remembered in the Tropea Alpium ("Tropaeum Alpium"), a Roman monument erected in 7-6 BC. to celebrate the submission of the Alpine population and located at the French town of La Turbie:
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