Divico was a

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king and the leader of the

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tribe of the Tigurini. During the

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, in which the

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and

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invaded the

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, he led the Tigurini across the

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to invade

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in 109 BC. He defeated a Roman army near present-day

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on the Garonne river at the Battle of Burdigala in 107 BC, killing its leaders Lucius Cassius Longinus, the Roman consul, and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus. Eventually he led his people back to the tribes of the

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, near present-day

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where they settled in the

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near Lac Leman. 49 years later, before the Battle of Bibracte, he led a delegation back to Gaul to negotiate for a safe passage for his tribe through the Roman region of

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. The request was denied by Caesar who wanted revenge for a relative who had been killed in the battle near Agen in 107 BC. He is not to be confused with the military and religious leader of another gaulish tribe, Diviciacus of the Aedui.

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