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- noun A
Belgic people ofGermanic orCeltic descent who lived in the upper north ofGaul in ancient times.
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On Nov. 13 an important find of 109 Celtic coins of the Eburones tribe found in the Netherlands was announced through the Associated Press.
Treasure Trove in The Netherlands! Jan 2009
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By this act Caesar initiated a Roman civil war that would end the Roman Republic and usher in the Roman Empire The Eburones had resisted Caesar's conquest of Gaul and were rewarded for their resistance with genocide at the hands of the Romans.
Treasure Trove in The Netherlands! Jan 2009
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The Eburones treacherously ambushed the Romans, most of whom were killed or committed suicide rather than allow themselves to be captured by the Euburones.
Treasure Trove in The Netherlands! Jan 2009
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In 54 BC the Eburones revolted against local Roman occupation through Euburones tribal chieftains Ambiorix and Catuvoleus.
Treasure Trove in The Netherlands! Jan 2009
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Specific details important to coin collectors were not immediately available, however according to the AP story, "Nico Roymans, the archaeologist who led the academic investigation of the find, believes the gold coins in the cache were minted by a tribe called the Eburones that Julius Caesar claimed to have wiped out in 53 B.C. after they conspired with other groups in an attack that killed 6,000 Roman soldiers."
Treasure Trove in The Netherlands! Jan 2009
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The two other known caches of Eburones coins have been found in neighboring Belgium and Germany.
Treasure Trove in The Netherlands! Jan 2008
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The Eburones "put up strong resistance to Caesar's journeys of conquest," Roymans said.
Treasure Trove in The Netherlands! Jan 2008
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Nico Roymans, the archaeologist who led the academic investigation of the find, believes the gold coins in the cache were minted by a tribe called the Eburones that Caesar claimed to have wiped out in 53 B.C. after they conspired with other groups in an attack that killed 6,000 Roman soldiers.
Treasure Trove in The Netherlands! Jan 2008
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[- 5 -] This war was begun by the Eburones, under Ambiorix as chief.
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The campaign of 53 B.C. was marked by a second crossing of the Rhine and by the destruction of the Eburones, whose leader Ambiorix, however, escaped.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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