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Caesar in his northward march in Gaul, with six
legions (7th, 8th, 9th,10th,11th, 12th), encountered the powerful infantry of the massed tribes of the Belgic Celts - the Nervii, Viromandui, and the Atrebates at the River Sambre (300,000 warriors). He broke the back of the Gallic resistance, but elevated Commius the Atrebatian as tribal king instead of executing him, a tribute to his courage and resourcefulness.
Commius served Caesar as his ambassador to
Britain prior to landing on the Kent coast in 55BC with the 7th and 10th legions. |
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Commius
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King of the Atrebates in Gaul. Crossed
to Britain 50 BC.
Established at Calleva.
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Commius, Caesar, King Lear and Cordelia
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