Celtillus
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Celtillus was an Gallic nobleman of the Arvernian people and the father of Vercingetorix. He obtained the status of principatum Galliae ('foremost man of all Gaul'), perhaps referring to the office of vergobret, the supreme magistracy exercised through a temporary elective mandate. He was murdered by members of his own people for attempting to replace the existing oligarchic system with kingship.
Key facts
- Officeholder.name
- Celtillus
- Officeholder.office
- King of the Arverni
- Officeholder.birth_date
- Unknown
- Officeholder.birth_place
- Unknown
- Officeholder.death_date
- Unknown
- Officeholder.death_place
- Gaul
- Officeholder.children
- Vercingetorix
- Officeholder.death_cause
- Execution
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Gallia Celtica
- Child
- Vercingetorix
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Roman consul
- Languages spoken
- Gaulish
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- ethnic group
- Arverni
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- date of death
- 0075-00-00
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- tribe
- Arverni
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Celtillus was an Gallic nobleman of the Arvernian people and the father of Vercingetorix. He obtained the status of principatum Galliae ('foremost man of all Gaul'), perhaps referring to the office of vergobret, the supreme magistracy exercised through a temporary elective mandate. He was murdered by members of his own people for attempting to replace the existing oligarchic system with kingship.
== Name == The Gaulish name Celtillus is an -illus derivative of the stem celt-, as in keltos ('Celt'); the precise meaning of the suffix remains uncertain, though it may have a diminutive value.
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