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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 795 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AMBIORIX , See also:

prince of the Eburones, a tribe of Belgian See also:Gaul. Although See also:Caesar (q.v.) had freed him from paying See also:tribute to the Aduatuci, he joined Catuvolcus (See also:winter, 54 B.C.) in a rising against the See also:Roman forces under Q. Titurius Sabinus and L. Aurunculeius See also:Cotta, and almost annihilated them. An attack on See also:Quintus See also:Cicero (See also:brother of the orator), then quartered with a See also:legion in the territory of the Nervii, failed owing to the timely See also:appearance of Caesar. Ambiorix is said to have found safety across the See also:Rhine. Caesar, See also:Bell. See also:Gall. v. 26-51, vi. 29-43, viii. 24;Dio See also:Cassius xl. 7-1 I ; See also:Florus iii. io.

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