When the Sequani, their hereditary rivals, with the assistance of a Germanic chieftain named Ariovistus defeated and massacred the Aedui at the Battle of Magetobriga, the Aedui sent Diviciacus, the druid, to Rome to appeal to the senate for help.

Hannibal counting the rings of the Roman senate | Roman senators killed during the Battle of Cannae, statue by Sébastien Slodtz, 1704, Louvre

* Marcus Fabius M. f. M. n. Buteo, consul in 245 BC, censor, probably in 241 ; appointed dictator in 216 to fill the vacancies in the senate after the Battle of Cannae.

Resigning in April 1887, he became a member of the senate in 1890, but took little part in public life until 1896, when, after the Battle of Adowa, he was entrusted by King Humbert with the formation of a cabinet.

The piece " Battle of the Heroes " that was played in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, during the battle sequence between the Jedi Master Yoda, and Emperor Palpatine, the Dark Lord of the Sith, in the senate chamber on Coruscant, and the simultaneous battle between Anakin Skywalker ( Darth Vader ) and Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mustafar, was inspired by Duel of the Fates but rewritten in a tragic mode.