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Ariovistus was a leader of the Suebi and other allied Germanic peoples in the second quarter of the 1st century BC. He and his followers took part in a war in Gaul, assisting the Arverni and Sequani in defeating their rivals, the Aedui.
Aug 3, 2011 · The Battle of Colmar (58 BCE): one of the first battles of the Gallic War, in which Caesar defeated an army led by the Germanic leader Ariovistus. In 58 BCE, Julius Caesar had invaded Central Gaul...
- Jona Lendering
Ariovistus flees Caesar’s legions in a 17th-century print. Ariovistus was Germanic but overran a major part of Gaul. Ariovistus probably decided to give battle because the supply situation had swung to the Romans’ favor and he could not afford to wait until the full moon.
In 61 BC, Ariovistus, chieftain of the Suebi tribe and a king from the Germanic peoples, resumed the tribe's migration from eastern Germania to the Marne and Rhine regions. Despite this migration encroaching on Sequani land, they sought Ariovistus' allegiance against the Aedui.
Contents. Ariovistus. ancient German leader. Learn about this topic in these articles: defeat by Caesar. In Julius Caesar: The first triumvirate and the conquest of Gaul. He then crushed Ariovistus, a German soldier of fortune from beyond the Rhine.
Ariovistus (âr´ēōvĬs´təs), fl. 58 BC, Germanic chieftain, leader of the Suebi. He crossed the Rhine c.71 BC, defeated the Aedui, and came to dominate much of Gaul (see Gallic Wars).
That Ariovistus, during his [Caesar's] consulship, had most anxiously sought after the friendship of the Roman people; why should any one judge that he would so rashly depart from his duty?
