Dumnorix (spelled Dubnoreix on coins) was a chieftain of the Aedui, a Celtic tribe in Gaul in the 1st century B.C. He was the younger brother of Divitiacus, the Aedui druid and statesman.

Nov 3, 2016 · Dumnorix (leader of the Aeduan tribe in Gaul, 1st century BCE) “I am a free man of a free people!” Stated by Dumnorix around 54 BCE, shortly before being executed by the Romans for refusing to participate in Julius Caesar’s second expedition to southern Britain.

After the death of Orgetorix, the Helvetians still continuing their plan of migration and conquest, Dumnorix, who, with a view to sovereign power among his own people, was anxious to extend his influence in all possible quarters, obtained for them a passage through the territory of …

Brother of *Divitiacus (1) and, according to his enemies, a man of overweening ambition. Eclipsed by his brother, in 58 bce he struck at the pro-Roman *Aedui by aiding the *Helvetii, and was spared only at Divitiacus' request. Ordered in 54 to accompany Caesar to Britain, he refused and was cut down attempting to escape.

The antithesis of Diviciacus was Dumnorix, who probably was confident in Gallic power and did his best to keep intact the independence of his people. Dumnorix appears later in Caesar's narrative as the main political leader of the Aedui and perhaps their vergobretus, when he was Caesar's hostage.

Dumnorix (d.54 B.C.) was a leader of the anti-Roman faction in the Aedui tribe, and the brother of the pro-Roman leader Divitiacus. In or around 61 B.C. Dumnorix began to plot with the Helvetian nobleman Orgetorix, who was planning to lead his tribe in a migration from modern Switzerland to the west coast of France. Dumnorix married Orgetorix's ...

Dumnorix, a chief of the Æduan nation in Gaul, who gave some trouble to Cæsar in his conquest of Gaul. Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia , edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Dumnorix, by his popularity and liberality, had great influence among the Sequani, and was friendly to the Helvetii, because out of that state he had married the daughter of Orgetorix; and, incited by lust of sovereignty, was anxious for a revolution, and wished to have as many states as possible attached to him by his kindness toward them.

Dumnorix (spelled Dubnoreix on coins) was a chieftain of the Aedui, a Celtic tribe in Gaul in the 1st century B.C. He was the younger brother of Divitiacus, the Aedui druid and statesman. Quick Facts Chieftain of the Aedui, Personal details ...