vergobret
Sign in to saveThe vergobret (Gaulish uergobretos or uercobretos) was the chief magistrate among certain Gallic peoples. The office is described by Caesar among the Aedui in 58 and 52 BC, and is also attested after the Roman conquest among other Gallic peoples through epigraphic and numismatic evidence.
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- Name
- Pre-Roman office
- Aeduan vergobret
- Dispute in 52 BC
- Interprations
- Roman period
- References
- Primary sources
- Bibliography
- Further reading
The vergobret (Gaulish uergobretos or uercobretos) was the chief magistrate among certain Gallic peoples. The office is described by Caesar among the Aedui in 58 and 52 BC, and is also attested after the Roman conquest among other Gallic peoples through epigraphic and numismatic evidence.
== Name == The English term vergobret is a borrowing from Latin vergobretus, itself from Gaulish uergobretos.
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