Aedui — Minor Figures

3 figures from Caesar's Commentaries — The Gallic War and The Civil War who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Litavicus

commander · first appears The Gallic War, Book VII, 36–41

• The Gallic War, Book VII, 36–41 · enemies with Caesar “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 · friends with Convictolitanis “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;”

Surus

chief · first appears The Gallic War, Book VIII, 40–47

• The Gallic War, Book VIII, 40–47 · enemies with Titus Labienus “he got their chiefs alive into his power, and, amongst them, Surus, an Aeduan, who was highly renowned both for his valour and birth, and was the only Aeduan that had continued in arms till that time.”

Valetiacus

magistrate · first appears The Gallic War, Book VII, 28–35

• The Gallic War, Book VII, 28–35 · siblings with Cotus “His brother Valetiacus had borne the same office during the last year:”

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