Aedui

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The Aedui were a powerful Celtic tribe of central Gaul, noted for their early alliance with Rome and significant role in Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars.

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Aedui people 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic tribe
afterConquestStatus Roman civitas
alliedWith Roman Republic NERFINISHED
archaeologicalCulture La Tène culture NERFINISHED
archaeologicalSite Mont Beuvray NERFINISHED
capital Bibracte NERFINISHED
coinage struck their own coins
conflictWith Arverni NERFINISHED
Sequani NERFINISHED
economy agriculture
long-distance trade
ethnicGroup Celts NERFINISHED
governingBody senate
governingOffice vergobret
imported Roman wine
joinedCoalitionOf Vercingetorix NERFINISHED
language Gaulish
locatedIn Gallia Lugdunensis NERFINISHED
central Gaul NERFINISHED
majorSettlement Augustodunum NERFINISHED
Bibracte NERFINISHED
mentionedBy Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Commentarii de Bello Gallico NERFINISHED
modernLocation Burgundy NERFINISHED
Nièvre NERFINISHED
Saône-et-Loire NERFINISHED
neighbouringTribe Arverni NERFINISHED
Lingones NERFINISHED
Senones NERFINISHED
Sequani NERFINISHED
participatedIn Gallic Wars NERFINISHED
politicalStructure aristocratic republic
recognizedBy Roman Senate NERFINISHED
religion Celtic polytheism
revoltedIn 52 BC
revoltLeader Litaviccus NERFINISHED
riverValley Loire basin NERFINISHED
Saône basin NERFINISHED
roleInGallicWars Roman allies
occasional opponents of Caesar
romanizedCenter Augustodunum NERFINISHED
RomanTitle brothers and kinsmen of the Roman people
socialStructure nobility and clientage system
soughtAidFrom Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1st century BC
Iron Age
tradedWith Mediterranean world NERFINISHED
vergobretPower supreme civil authority

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Sequani conflictWith Aedui
Belgae neighboringPeoples Aedui
Sequani neighboringTribe Aedui
Autun wasRomanCapitalOf Aedui
this entity surface form: Aedui people