Cingetorix

Who is Cingetorix?

Cingetorix was one of the two chieftains struggling for the supremacy of the Treveri of Gaul. Caesar supported him over his more anti-Roman rival Indutiomarus. However Indutiomarus persuaded his people to join the revolt led by Ambiorix of the Eburones in 54 BC, declared Cingetorix a public enemy and confiscated his property. Cingetorix presented himself to Caesar's legate Titus Labienus, who defeated and killed Indutiomarus in a cavalry engagement. The Treveri "transferred supreme rule to [Indutiomarus's] kinsmen," and in 53 BCE again mounted a campaign against the Roman troops led by Labienus. They were again defeated. At that point, Caesar writes, "Leadership and rule [over the Treveri] was handed over to Cingetorix, who...remained loyal from the beginning."