Varisci

thumb|400px|Approximate positions of some major Suebi peoples in the early 2nd century, in purple thumb|Roman Pannonia Despite the large variations in spellings of their name the Varisci, Varisti, Naristi, or Narisci were a single Germanic people, known from several historical records from the Roman era.

Tacitus reported their location in about 100 AD as being just north of the Roman frontier on the Danube river, east of the Hermunduri, whose territory stretched from the Raetian part of the Danube to the sources of the Elbe, and west of the Marcomanni and Quadi. The Roman geographer Ptolemy described the Ouaristoi living south of the "Sudeten" Mountains and north of the "Gabreta" Forest. These sources have been interpreted in many ways, but the best records would be consistent with a location not far from the Roman province of Pannonia Superior, possibly in the area north of present day Linz.