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Aedui
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Aedui (ĕ`dyī) or Haedui (hĕ`dyī), Gallic people, occupying in the 1st cent. B.C. a part of what later became Burgundy. Defeated by Ariovistus Ariovistus (âr'ēōvĭs`təs), fl. 58 B.C., Germanic chieftain, leader of the Suebi. He crossed the Rhine c.71 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information.  and at odds with their Gallic neighbors, they were allies of the Romans. The Aedui at first aided Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars Gallic Wars (găl`ĭk), campaigns in Gaul led by Julius Caesar in his two terms as proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul, Transalpine Gaul, and
..... Click the link for more information.  and later were not wholehearted in their support of Vercingetorix's revolt against Caesar. Their early capital was Bibracte Bibracte (bĭbrăk`tē), former capital of the Aedui , site atop Mont Beuvray, central France. There Caesar defeated (58 B.C.
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