Viridovix
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Viridovix was the chief of Unelli, a Gallic tribe which faced the legions of Julius Caesar at the time of the Roman conquest between 58 and 51 BC.
He assumed the command of a Gallic army of Lexovii and Aulerci Eburones against the legate Quintus Titurius Sabinus, against whom he suffered a defeat in 56 BC.
In Gallic the name Viridovix probably means "powerful (virido) combatant (vix, vicos) "
[edit] Sources
- Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Book 3, 17—19
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