Divitiacus of the Aedui
Person
Divitiacus speaks for Aeduan interests, intervenes for his brother Dumnorix, and is presented as a trusted interlocutor of Caesar. The encounter is mediated by Caesar’s narrative and an interpreter. The former king of the Suessiones with the same name is a separate entry.
Passage-specific disambiguation; see the public identity-rule register.
Editorial evidence: Gallic War 1.19 · Gallic War 1.20 · Gallic War 2.4
Gallic War 1.3
Caesar
… He took upon himself the office of embassador to the states: on this journey he persuades Casticus, the son of Catamantaledes (one of the Sequani, whose father had possessed the sovereignty among the people for many years, and had been styled "friend" by the senate of the Roman people), to seize upon the sovereignty in his own state, which his father had held before him, and he likewise persuades Dumnorix, an Aeduan, the brother of Divitiacus, who at that time possessed the chief authority in the state, and was exceedingly beloved by the people, to attempt the same, and gives him his daughter in marriage. …
Gallic War 1.16
Caesar
… When he saw that he was put off too long, and that the day was close at hand on which he ought to serve out the corn to his soldiers;-having called together their chiefs, of whom he had a great number in his camp, among them Divitiacus and Liscus who was invested with the chief magistracy (whom the Aedui style the Vergobretus, and who is elected annually and has power of life or death over his countrymen), he severely reprimands them, because he is not assisted by them on so urgent an occasion, when the enemy were so close at hand, and when [corn] could neither be bought nor taken from the fields, particularly as, in a great measure urged by their prayers, he had undertaken the war; much more bitterly, therefore does he complain of his being forsaken.
Gallic War 1.18
Caesar
Caesar perceived that by this speech of Liscus, Dumnorix, the brother of Divitiacus, was indicated; but, as he was unwilling that these matters should be discussed while so many were present, he speedily dismisses: the council, but detains Liscus: he inquires from him when alone, about those things which he had said in the meeting. …
Explicit source relations
- Dumnorix — brothers — Divitiacus of the Aedui · Dossier · Gallic War 1.3
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