-
years in prison, he was
executed in Rome.
Vercingetorix was the son of
Celtillus the Arvernian,
leader of the
Gallic tribes.
Vercingetorix came to power...
- incursions. They
executed the
leader Celtillus,
evidently for
trying to gain
sovereignty over all the Gauls. In 52 BC,
Celtillus' son
Vercingetorix rallied his...
-
notes that Celt- is
found in the
names of
several ancient Gauls such as
Celtillus,
father of Vercingetorix. He
suggests it
meant the
people or descendants...
- BC. This
appears in Book VII,
chapters 1–13. Vercingetorix's father,
Celtillus, was
killed after attempting to
seize power amongst the Arverni; for that...
-
their defeat by the
Romans in the 120s BC; in BG 7.4.1,
Caesar says that
Celtillus, the
father of Vercingetorix, had been put to
death by his
people for...
