What Happened to Ambiorix?

[necromaniac]

While re-reading Commentarii de Bella Gallico, it seems Ambiorix just disappeared off the face of the Roman World, never to be heard from again. I can't find any other source if information that mentions his name outside Caesar's, which is strange in itself as Ambiorix was a pretty high profile player in the Gallic wars. Another odd fact, according to Mr. Caesar, is that Ambiorix and his followers crossed east over the Rhine, into Germanic territory, never to be heard from again.

 

I have searched, and can not find any other sources mentioning the name Ambiorix.

 

Any opinions?

[ASCLEPIADES]

While re-reading Commentarii de Bella Gallico, it seems Ambiorix just disappeared off the face of the Roman World, never to be heard from again.

Salve, NM. That's quite exact, and it's true for the Eburones also.

 

Their whole history was covered by Liber V (Cp. XXVI-LI) and VI (Cp. XXIX-XLIII) of Caesar's Commentarii de Bella Gallico, plus some indirect references at Liber VIII (Cp. XXIV).

 

Other Latin sources like Cassius Dio (Roman History, Liber XL, Cp. V-VII,IX,XXXI and XXII) and PA Florus (Epitomes, Liber III, Cp. X) simply repeated what Caesar said; Strabo Γεωγραφία has only a brief mention (Liber IV, Cp. III).

 

They really disappeared.

[Primus Pilus]

While re-reading Commentarii de Bella Gallico, it seems Ambiorix just disappeared off the face of the Roman World, never to be heard from again.

Salve, NM. That's quite exact, and it's true for the Eburones also.

 

Their whole history was covered by Liber V (Cp. XXVI-LI) and VI (Cp. XXIX-XLIII) of Caesar's Commentarii de Bella Gallico, plus some indirect references at Liber VIII (Cp. XXIV).

 

Other Latin sources like Cassius Dio (Roman History, Liber XL, Cp. V-VII,IX,XXXI and XXII) and PA Florus (Epitomes, Liber III, Cp. X) simply repeated what Caesar said; Strabo Γεωγραφία has only a brief mention (Liber IV, Cp. III).

 

They really disappeared.

 

Indeed, relegated to obscurity by their defeat at the hands of the Romans. Ambiorix isn't the only prominent figure who's fate is left unknown by Caesar. Ariovistus of the Suebi also seems to have disappeared without a trace, though the Suebi as a whole did not go the way of the Eburones.