Aulerques Éburovices
The Aulerques Éburovices are a Gallic people. The name eburovice contains the root eburo , “yew”. They resided in current the Département of the Eure.
Their principal sanctuary was on the plate, on the site occupied currently by the village of the Old-Évreux . At the 3rd century, this city (Vicus) named Gisacum had Roman Thermes, temples, a forum and a Théâtre. Towards the end of IIIe century, the city was deserted with the profit from Mediolanum Aulercorum located at a few kilometers on the river the the Eure and become today Évreux.
Quotation in the War of Gaules of Jules César
Deliver III - 17“While these events proceeded at the Vénètes, Quintus Titurius Sabinus arrived, with the troops that César had entrusted to him, at the Unelles. Those had at their Viridovix head; it also ordered from all the revolted cities, from where it had drawn an army, and extremely many; few days after the arrival of Sabinus, the Aulerques Eburovices and the Lexovii, having massacred their senate, which was opposed to the war, closed their doors and united in Viridovix…”
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