The Aedui were the first of the Gauls to receive from the emperor Claudius the distinction of jus honorum.

Certain clientes, or small communities, were also dependent upon the Aedui.

The Aedui were granted their wish that the Boii who had accompanied the Helvetii would settle on their own territory as allies in the oppidum Gorgobina.

Among the Aedui, a tribe of Gaul, the executive held the title of Vergobret, a position much like a king, but his powers were held in check by rules laid down by the council.

Most had contact with Roman merchants and some, particularly those that were governed by Republics such as the Aedui and Helvetii, had enjoyed stable political alliances with Rome in the past.

The Aedui were loath to obey the Roman spur any longer than they must and they were keen to revisit their former days at council.

Again the accord was strained as the Aedui were brought to bay by their " protective " overlords.

Meanwhile, the Helvetii had already crossed the territories of the Sequani, and were busy pillaging the lands of the Aedui, Ambarri, and Allobroges.

Caesar in the meantime sent 4, 000 Roman and allied Aedui cavalry to track the Helvetii but they were severely beaten by only 500 Helvetii cavalry.

After his failure before Gergovia, the Aedui at Noviodunum massacred those who were there to look after stores, the negotiatores, and the travellers who were in the place.

They were either sold into slavery or given as booty to Caesar's legionaries, except for the members of the Aedui and Arverni tribes, which were released and pardoned to secure the alliance of these important tribes to Rome.

However, the Aedui were also allies of Rome, and in 58 BC Diviciacus, one of their senior magistrates, complained of Ariovistus's cruelty and pleaded with Caesar to intervene on their behalf.

At the same time that Caesar received Ariovistus's message, he heard from his Celtic allies that the Harudes were devastating the country of the Aedui and that 100 units of Suebi under the brothers Nasua and Cimberius were about to cross the Rhine.

As only small numbers of Boii were left after the battle, the Aedui were obliging.

Because the Aedui had the status of " friend of the Roman people ," contacts with Roman merchants were probable before the conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar.

These mentions were not impartial, since Rome was allied with the Aedui, " our blood brothers ", since at least the 2nd century BCE.

In addition to this powerful alliance with Rome, the Aedui were part of a confederation of Celtic tribes:

So, the Roman products traveling up the Rhône ( the waterways were the fastest at the time ) and taking after that the Saône, the Loire or the Allier, passed through Aedui territory before joining the basins of the Loire and Seine.

The Aedui were located at a commercial crossroads between the Celtic world and Rome.

In spite of this, the Aedui joined the Gallic coalition against Caesar ( B. G. vii.

With the help of various Gallic tribes ( for example, the Aedui ) he managed to conquer nearly all of Gaul.

Caesar is distracted from the siege by betrayal from his Gallic allies the Aedui, led by Litaviccus whom he fought and defeated after a desperate struggle.

Labienus battles the Parisii, and the entire Gallic war becomes more dangerous as the Aedui, Rome's longtime allies, revolt and try to induce other tribes to revolt as well.

He and his followers took part in a war in Gaul, assisting the Arverni and Sequani to defeat their rivals the Aedui, after which they settled in large numbers in conquered Gallic territory in the Alsace region.

The migration could have been caused by economic reasons or by a desire to integrate with the Roman model ; a part of the dominant Aedui class, already pro-Roman during the Gallic War, definitely realized the strategic importance of the new city located on the principal axes of communication, and also wanted to conform to the Roman model of flatland cities, while a more traditional population remained for a time on the site.

In addition to the creation of the Beavraisian in the classification of ancient peoples by Gabriel de Mortillet, which has been abandoned since it does not correspond to the historical reality, the power of the Aedui capital was related in the Commentaries on the Gallic War, which underlined the many alliances held by the Aedui with neighboring peoples.

Moreover, they maintained commercial links and military alliances: Rome aided the Aedui in the 2nd century in defeating at Arverni army and rose to their defense against the invasion of the Helvetii that precipitated the Gallic War.

The political system of the Aedui was essentially reformed according to indications in the Commentaries on the Gallic War.

; he also directed the Aedui cavalry during the Gallic War after the death of his brother Dumnorix.

Caesar therefore sent his ambassadors back to Ariovistus with his demands: that he bring no more of his people across the Rhine, and that he and his allies restore the hostages they had taken from the Aedui and undertake not to make war against them.

Caesar reports that Ariovistus stated that " he was not so uncivilized nor so ignorant of affairs, as not to know that the Aedui in the very last war with the Allobroges had neither rendered assistance to the Romans, nor received any from the Roman people in the struggles which the Aedui had been maintaining with him and with the Sequani.

Eumenius was born in Gallia Lugdunensis at Augustodunum ( Autun ), the civitas capital of the Celtic Aedui.

These circumstances explain an apparent contradiction in Strabo, who in one sentence says that the Aedui lived between the Saône and the Doubs, and in the next, that the Sequani lived across the Saône ( eastward ).

The chief magistrate of the Aedui in Caesar's time was called Vergobretus ( according to Mommsen, " judgment-worker "), who was elected annually, possessed powers of life and death, but was forbidden to go beyond the frontier.

After ravaging the lands of the Aedui tribe, who called upon Caesar to help them, they began the crossing of the Saône, which took them several days.

In the cavalry battle that followed, the Helvetii prevailed over Caesar ’ s Aedui allies under Dumnorix ’ command, and continued their journey, while Caesar ’ s army was being detained by delays in his grain supplies, caused by the Aedui on the instigations of Dumnorix, who had married Orgetorix ’ daughter.

* Julius Sacrovir, a leader of the Aedui, who together with Julius Florus revolted in AD 21.

It was the civitas capital of the Celtic Aedui, who had been allies and fratres (" brothers ") of Rome since before Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul.

Strabo, who lived a generation after Caesar in the late republic and early empire, does make a statement concerning the cause of the conflict between the Sequani and Aedui, and it was in fact commercial, at least in Strabo's view.

The Romans quickly re-established cordial relations with the Treveri under Indus, who promised obedience to Rome ; in contrast, they completely annihilated the Aedui who had sided with Sacrovir.

It was mentioned again in 52 BCE, during which he was questioning the intentions of his Aedui allies, who had joined the revolt and crowned Vercingetorix king of the Gauls at Bibracte.

At the same time, the Viscount of Aboville, the owner of the land, conducted the necessary research and showed it to the Archbishop of Reims, who was also a member of the Aedui Society and a friend of Bulliot ( despite their disagreement on the question of Bibracte ).

Strabo the geographer, who wrote a generation after Caesar, indicated Bibracte as an Aedui stronghold again.

According to Caesar's Celtic informants, Ariovistus had appeared as a leader of Germani who had settled in the land of the Aedui ( upper Loire ) following the assistance of a vanguard of 15, 000 at the Battle of Admagetobriga in 61 BC.

Caesar opposed this migration militarily, and requested the Aedui, who were allies of Rome, to supply his soldiers with grain, but this was not forthcoming.

Liscus, the chief magistrate or Vergobretus of the Aedui, revealed to Caesar that Dumnorix, who was very popular and influential, was responsible for the withholding of the supplies.