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popcycle 11 points ago +11 / -0

there's someone by that name in the gallic wars.

acco was the chieftain of a gallic tribe called the senones ('the ancient ones', it's from the same ancienet indo-european word as the latin 'senex' or 'senate' for that matter). (the seine is named after this tribe)

acco allegedly incited the gallic revolt of 52 bc against Julius Caesar. this failed and was put down, and acco was executed.

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CaliPede24601 [S] 3 points ago +3 / -0

Cool, cool, good to know. 👍

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popcycle 5 points ago +5 / -0

it may also be good to know that, even though this revolt failed, it was followed by a much larger rebellion. which Caesar also put down.

this roman conquest of gaul, oddly enough, led eventually to the High Middle Ages.

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rootGoose 2 points ago +2 / -0

Was that when Caesar was ‘campaigning’ to avoid prosecution? Or, was that later?

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popcycle 1 point ago +1 / -0

i don't know, i wasn't watching cnn at the time.

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popcycle 1 point ago +1 / -0

(cato news network)