Ambiorix
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Ambiorix , fl. 54 BC, Gallic chieftain of the Eburones (in what is now central Belgium). He had been favorably treated by the Romans, but he joined another tribe in attacking Julius Caesar's legates. When he heard of Caesar's approach, he fled across the Rhine.
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