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Ariovistus

also: rex Germanorum

King of a confederation of Germanic peoples (chiefly Suebi) who crossed the Rhine at the invitation of the Arverni and Sequani and made himself master of much of central Gaul; styled “king and friend” by the Roman Senate in Caesar's consulship, then defeated by Caesar in 58 BC.

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The Gallic War history · 47 mentions

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