Helvetii, Celtic tribes inhabiting this region during the Roman empire;
The Raurici were related to the Helvetii, whose name was later bestowed on another French client state, the Helvetic Republic.
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The capital of the Caturiges was called Eburodunum (modern Embrun), i.e. the same name as that of Yverdon, suggesting a close relationship between the Caturiges and the Helvetii.
In the end, the Helvetii secured safe passage through the defile via an exchange of hostages with the Sequani, who inhabited the area.
Upper Germania was occupied by Gaulish tribes including the Helvetii, Sequani, Leuci, and Treveri, and, on the north bank of the middle Rhine, the remnant of the Germanic troops that had attempted to take Vesontio under Ariovistus, but who were defeated by Caesar in 58 BC.