Camulogene was an
Aulerci
The Aulerci were a group of Gallic peoples dwelling in the modern region of Normandy, between the Loire (Liger) and the Seine (Sequana) rivers, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. They were divided into the Cenomani, the most powerful of ...
elder and leader of the 52 BC coalition of the Seine peoples according to Caesar. He put a scorched earth policy in place, burning
Lutetia
The Gallo-Roman town of ''Lutetia'' (''Lutetia Parisiorum'' in Latin, in French ''Lutèce'') was the predecessor of the modern-day city of Paris. It was founded in about the middle of the 3rd century BCE by the Parisii, a Gallic tribe. Trac ...
then trying to ensnare
Titus Labienus
Titus Labienus (c. 10017 March 45 BC) was a high-ranking military officer in the late Roman Republic. He served as tribune of the Plebs in 63 BC. Although mostly remembered as one of Julius Caesar's best lieutenants in Gaul, mentioned freq ...
's troops. He died in the
Battle of Lutetia.
[Caesar, B.G., VII, 62] The Rue Camulogène in Paris is named after him.
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*{{Bouillet , title=Camulogene , volume=1 , page=327 , url=https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Bouillet_-_Chassang_-_Dictionnaire_universel_d%27histoire-geo_-_1878_-_P1_-_A-G.djvu/335
Celtic warriors
Gaulish rulers
Barbarian people of the Gallic Wars
1st-century BC rulers in Europe