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Auktume

13th century · 13th century

Auktume was a leader of the Pogesanians, one of the Old Prussian peoples, during the Great Prussian Uprising against the Teutonic Order that began in 1260. Peter of Dusburg's chronicle names him as the Pogesanian commander who led attacks on Elbing and other castles of the Order. The Pogesanians were subdued by about 1274.

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Pogesanians

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Auktume. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/auktume
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