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More about Julius Caesar - article by Jona Lendering ©

The statue of Ambiorix takes a predominant place on the Main Square of Tongeren. Ambiorix was a Gallic chieftain of the Eburones tribe who had settled in the area of Tongeren. He had been favorably treated by the Romans, but he joined another tribe in attacking Julius Caesar's legates. When he heard of Caesar's approach, he fled across the Rhine. The statue was made in 1866 by sculptor Jules Bertin.

"In the summer of 57 BCE, the Roman general Julius Caesar invaded the country of the rivers Scheldt and Meuse. He first defeated the Nervians in Flanders and continued to the east, where he forced the Atuatuci of eastern Belgium into submission  According to his own statistics, almost 60,000 Nervians were killed and 53,000 Atuatuci were sold as slaves. The first number is probably exaggerated, but human misery must have been great "

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