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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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