Aedui

In the new form which the insurrection had assumed the Aedui were the first to be attended to.

Caesar: a Sketch James Anthony Froude 1856

He shares the bribe with them, and exhorts them to "remember that they were free and born for empire; that the state of the Aedui was the only one which retarded the most certain victory of the Gauls; that the rest were held in check by its authority; and, if it was brought over, the Romans would not have room to stand on in Gaul; that he had received some kindness from Caesar, only so far, however, as gaining a most just cause by his decision; but that he assigned more weight to the general freedom; for, why should the Aedui go to Caesar to decide concerning their rights and laws, rather than the Romans come to the Aedui?"

Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars: with the Supplementary Books attributed to Hirtius. 1869

"caes. gal.6.12": [6.12] When Caesar arrived in Gaul, the Aedui were the leaders of one faction, the Sequani of the other.

Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars: with the Supplementary Books attributed to Hirtius. 1869

A revolt against Rome broke out in Gaul among the Treveri, led by Julius Florus, and the Aedui, led by Julius Sacrovir.

c. The Julio-Claudians 2001

It will take the Aedui and the Ambarri twenty years to repair the ravages of playing host to the Germans for four years.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

The Teutones and the Tigurini have left the lands of the Aedui and gone to settle among the Belgae.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

And now, out of nowhere again, the Germans were back, pouring in their hundreds of thousands into Gaul-across-the-Alps where the river Rhodanus flowed out of Lake Lemanna; and the Gallic lands and tribes which owed Rome tribute — the lands of the Aedui and the Ambarri — were awash in Germans, all ten feet tall, pallidly pale, giants out of legends, ghosts out of some northern barbarian underworld.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

But then the delegation arrived from the Aedui, and for the first time the House had definite estimates of the actual number of Germans involved in the migration.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

"Who all descended upon the poor Aedui and Ambarri," said Marius.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

We had been getting urgent letters from our Gallic allies the Aedui since before the end of last year, saying that their unwanted guests the Germans were going to move on.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990