Eburones
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The Eburones were the largest of the so-called Germani cisrhenani peoples during the Gallic Wars of Julius Caesar in the years 58-50 BC, or in other words one of the several Germanic peoples dwelling
A 19th century statue of Ambiorix, prince of the Eburones (1st century BC), in Tongeren, Belgium
Model of a Eburonian settlement at Hambach-Niederzier, abandoned c. 50 BC
Gold stater of the Eburones. Triskele on the obverse, Celticized horse on the reverse.
Ambiorix
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Ambiorix was, together with Cativolcus, prince of the Eburones, leader of a Belgic tribe of north-eastern Gaul, where modern Belgium is located. In the 19th century, Ambiorix became a Belgian national
Eburones
…who likely assimilated the local Eburones according to this scenario. Another part of the Eburones also fled to a remote area of the Ardennes, where Ambiorix himself is said to have gone with some cavalry. Caesar also portrays the Scheldt river (Scaldis) as flowing into the Meuse, apparently confusing this…
Ambiorix attacking Roman soldiers, relief at the Liège Provincial Palace