AMBIORIX  ,

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