Dumnorix was a chieftain of the Aedui, a Celtic tribe in Gaul in the 1st century B.C. He was a rebel and a troublemaker for the Romans, particularly Julius Caesar, who sparred with him on several occasions. He, along with Orgetorix and another Gaul, were said to be conspiring to establish a sort of Gallic triumvirate to replace the existing magistracies of the Gallic peoples in the time of Caesar. Aedui, Haedui or Hedui (Gr. ... The word Celtic can refer to: the European Celtic people, ancient or modern the Celtic languages, spoken by these people and their modern descendents the Celtic (Lusitania), Celts from the Alentejo. ... Gallia (in English Gaul) is the Latin name for the region of western Europe occupied by present-day France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... Painting of Gaius Julius Caesar Bust of Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (Latin: C·IVLIVS·C·F·C·N·CAESAR¹) (July 12 or July 13, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC) was a Roman military and political leader whose conquest of Gallia Comata extended the Roman world all the way... Leader of the Helvetii people who devised the plan to migrate from Helvetian territory (modern day Switzerland to Gaul (modern day France). ... The term triumvirate (Latin for rule by three men) or troika in Russian, is commonly used to describe an alliance between three equally powerful political or military leaders. ...

When caught in this plot, he was at first spared only at the request of his brother Diviciacus (sometimes spelled Divitiacus), who had good relations with Caesar and the Romans (See Caesar, The Gallic War, I.3, 9, 18-20). De Bello Gallico (literally On the Gallic Wars in Latin) is an account written by Julius Caesar about his nine years of war in Gaul. ...

Eventually, however, Dumnorix came to a bad end when he refused to accompany Caesar on his trek into Britain in 55 BC, and was killed by Roman soldiers. (DBG V.6-7). Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC Years: 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC 52...

His name, like other ancient Celtic names (Orgetorix, Vercingetorix) contains a -rix suffix which seems etymologically related to the Latin rex and German Reich, indicating kingship or rule; it is probably an aristocratic suffix. Vercingetorix (72 BC - 46 BC), chieftain of the Arverni, led the great Gallic revolt against the Romans in 53-52 BC. His name in Gaulish means over-king (ver-rix) of warriors (cingetos). ...