The Rucensi were an ancient people of

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label= Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label= Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, af ...

, noted by

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of import ...

(III, 3). They dwelt south of the

Æchilenenses The Æchilenenses also called the Cornenses and Æchilenses were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy (III, 3). They dwelt south of the Æsaronenses The Æsaronenses or Aesaronenses were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptol ...

(also called Cornenses) and north of the

Celsitani The Celsitani were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy (III, 3). They dwelt south of the Rucensi and north of the Scapitani and the Siculensi The Siculensi were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy (III, 3). They dwelt sout ...

and the

Corpicenses The Corpicenses were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy (III, 3). They dwelt south of the Rucensi and north of the Scapitani and the Siculensi The Siculensi were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy (III, 3). They dwelt so ...

References

Ptolemy's Geography online
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