Litavicus

Family: Aedui · Role: commander · First appears: The Gallic War, Book VII, 36–41

Life events

• Litavicus was assigned command of ten thousand Aedui being sent to Caesar, as part of the conspiracy.(The Gallic War, Book VII, 36–41)
  • “It was resolved that Litavicus should have the command of the ten thousand which were being sent to Caesar for the war, and should have charge of them on their march”
• Litavicus falsely claimed that Eporedorix, Viridomarus, and the Aeduan nobles had been slain by the Romans.(The Gallic War, Book VII, 36–41 · 📍 Gergovia)
  • With: Eporedorix Viridomarus
  • “Eporedorix and Viridomarus, the principal men of the state, being accused of treason, have been slain by the Romans without even permission to plead their cause.”
• Litavicus incited the Aedui to revolt and killed the Roman citizens accompanying his force.(The Gallic War, Book VII, 36–41)
  • “He points to the Roman citizens, who had accompanied them, in reliance on his protection. He immediately seizes a great quantity of corn and provisions, cruelly tortures them, and then puts them to death”
• Caesar revealed that Eporedorix and Viridomarus were alive, exposing Litavicus's deception and prompting the Aedui to surrender.(The Gallic War, Book VII, 36–41)
  • With: Caesar Eporedorix Viridomarus
  • “When they were recognized and the treachery of Litavicus discovered, the Aedui began to extend their hands to intimate submission, and, laying down their arms, to deprecate death.”
• Litavicus fled to Gergovia with his clansmen.(The Gallic War, Book VII, 36–41 · 📍 Gergovia)
  • “Litavicus, with his clansmen, who after the custom of the Gauls consider it a crime to desert their patrons, even in extreme misfortune, flees forth to Gergovia.”

The Gallic War, Book VII, 36–41

• enemies with Caesar (Litavicus leads the revolt against Caesar's forces.) “Litavicus, with his clansmen, who after the custom of the Gauls consider it a crime to desert their patrons, even in extreme misfortune, flees forth to Gergovia.”
• friends with Convictolitanis (They conspire together to bring the Aedui over to the Gauls.) “He shares the bribe with them, and exhorts them to “remember that they were free and born for empire; that the state of the Aedui was the only one which retarded the most certain victory of the Gauls; that the rest were held in check by its authority; and, if it was brought over, the Romans would not have room to stand on in Gaul;”

Also listed in Aedui — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Caesar's Commentaries — The Gallic War and The Civil War. Made with Rho MD.