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Duratius

1st century BCE · 1st century BCE

Duratius was a leader of the Pictones, a Gallic people of the lower Loire and Poitou, who remained loyal to Rome during the Gallic revolts against Julius Caesar. In 51 BCE he was besieged in Lemonum (Poitiers) by Dumnacus of the Andecavi until Roman forces relieved him. Caesar's Gallic War records him as a constant friend of the Romans.

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