Diviciacos
Diviciacos (Latinized in Diviciacus ), name which has the direction of “divine”, is only the Druide of the Antiquité whose existence is historically proven. The others, whose names reached us, in particular by the means of the medieval Irish literature, concern the myth and the Celtic Mythologie, such Cathbad or Coirpre. It would be also, according to Jules César, the name of a king of the Suessions, before the Guerre of Gaules.
The druid of Éduens
Jules César, which was in relation to him, speaks on several occasions in the Commentaires on the War about Gaules and notes its qualities of diplomat about it. In addition to its quality of druid, he was the political leader of the Éduens, one of the Celtic people most powerful of the Gaulle of the I {{er}} century before J. - C. He thus cumulated the functions of the sacerdotal class and those of the warlike class. Vis-a-vis the Germanic aggressions come from the east and also to preserve the prevalence of its people, it was in favor of a bringing together with Rome. In the year -63, it is presented in front of the Roman Senate to negotiate a military aid; “Invited to sit down, he refused the offer that one made him and pled his cause supported on his shield. ”; he is the host of Cicéron, in his sumptuous villa of the Palatine Hill.
Cicéron, which undoubtedly knew already Diviciacos because of the interests that itself had in the trade of the wine as a Gaulle, precise that this one was the friend of its Quintus brother, and that he had been druid when he brings back talks which it had with him with him on the divination.
Having obtained towards -60 the title of Vergobret of the city of the Éduen, one of the Celtic people most powerful of the Gaulle of the I {{er}} century before J. - C., César says to us that he asked to the Romans a help to push back the migration of the Helvètes, us shows his political role and brings back one of its speeches. It is this migration of the Helvètes towards the west of Gaulle who serves as a pretext for the invasion of the Roman legions.
One knows a brother, Dumnorix to him, savagely anti-Roman, who will be carried out on order of César.
A king of Suessions
According to Jules César ( Of bello Gall . , II, 4), a homonymous character would have been the king of the Suessions, at the beginning of the Ier front century J. - C.: “They had had as a king, of our time still, Diviciacos, the most powerful chief of Gaulle whole, who, in addition to most of these areas, had also dominated Brittany” and precise: “the current king being Bent”.
Its name is written on copper coins in Greek characters which can be read DEIOUTIAKOS , which gives in Latin transcription: Divutiacus .
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