Diviciacus was a king of the
Belgic tribe of the
Suessiones in the early 1st century BC.
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...
, writing in the mid-1st century BC, says that he had within living memory been the most powerful king in
Gaul
Gaul () was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Roman people, Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy. It covered an area of . Ac ...
, ruling a large portion not only of
Gallia Belgica, but also of
Britain.
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Celtic warriors
1st-century BC Gaulish tribal chiefs
Briton monarchs
1st-century BC monarchs in Europe