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Celtic tribe in the Auvergne, neighbouring the Segusiavi and the Haedui, separated from the Helvetii by the Cebenna mons (Caes. B Gall. 1,31; Str. 4,2,2; Ptol. 2,8,17). In the 6th cent. BC, the A. participated in the raids of Italy (Liv. 5,34,5). Their king  Bituitus was defeated and captured by Domitius and Fabius in 122/21 BC (Liv. per. 61). In 52 BC, the Avernian king  Vercingetorix led all of Gaul in revolt. After their subjugation, Rome treated the A. with leniency; Plin. HN 4,109 classified them as liberi. Their capital was the newly founded Augustonemetum, th…