Orgetorix was the leader of the Helvetii people who in 61 BC devised the plan to migrate from Helvetian territory (modern-day Switzerland) to south-western Gaul (modern-day France). The Helvetii were a Celtic tribe and the main occupants of the Swiss plateau in the 1st century BC Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. He also formed a conspiracy with Dumnorix of the Aedui, to whom he gave his daughter in marriage, and Casticus of the Sequani, to seize control of their respective tribes and between them rule Omnia Gallia. Dumnorix (given on coins as Dubnoreix) was a chieftain of the Aedui, a Celtic tribe in Gaul in the 1st century B Aedui, Haedui or Hedui (Gr Aidouoi) are Gallic people of Gallia Lugdunensis, who inhabited the country between the Arar ( Saone) and Liger Casticus was a nobleman of the Sequani of eastern Gaul. His father Catamantaloedes, had previously been the ruler of the tribe and had been recognised Sequani, in ancient geography were a Gallic people who occupied the upper basin of the Arar ( Saone) their territory corresponding to Franche-Comté The Helvetii discovered this plot and tried to put him on trial, with the penalty of death by burning if found guilty. In an effort to avoid this fate, Orgetorix gathered an army of more than 10,000 of his followers and dependents, but while the Helvetii were raising their army against him he died, apparently by his own hand. The Helvetii adopted his migration plan, setting off in 58 BC, but were defeated and sent back to their homeland by Julius Caesar.
References
- Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.2
- Dio Cassius, Roman History 38.31
- Orosius, Seven Books of History Against the Pagans 6. Commentarii de Bello Gallico is Julius Caesar 's third-person account of his nine years of war in Gaul. Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus ( Greek:) (c 155 or 163/164 to after 229 known in English as Cassius Dio, Dio Cassius, or Dio was Paulus Orosius (b circa 375 d 418? was a Christian Historian, theologian and disciple of St 7
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