Casticus

Casticus was a nobleman belonging to the Sequani, a Gallic tribe that once lived along the Saône river in what is now eastern France. His father, Catamantaloedes, had previously been the ruler of the tribe and had been recognized as an ally by the Roman Senate. In Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Casticus is said to have participated in a plot along with Orgetorix of the Helvetii and Dumnorix of the Aedui to gain control of Gaul that was thwarted after Orgetorix was exposed and died. His later fate is unknown.

{{Infobox noble | name = Casticus | title = Nobleman of the Sequani of eastern Gaul | image = | caption = | alt = | CoA = | more = no | succession = | reign = | reign_type = | predecessor = | successor = | suc_type = | spouse = | spouse_type = | issue_type = | issue = | issue_link = | issue_pipe = | full_name = | native_name = | styles = | other_titles = | noble_family = | house_type = | father = Catamantaloedes | mother = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Gaul | christening_date = | christening_place = | death_date = Death date and location unknown. Possibly | death_place = | burial_date = | burial_place = | occupation = Politician | memorials = | website = | module = }} Casticus was a nobleman belonging to the Sequani, a Gallic tribe that once lived along the Saône river in what is now eastern France. His father, Catamantaloedes, had previously been the ruler of the tribe and had been recognized as an ally by the Roman Senate. In Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Casticus is said to have participated in a plot along with Orgetorix of the Helvetii and Dumnorix of the Aedui to gain control of Gaul that was thwarted after Orgetorix was exposed and died. His later fate is unknown. ===Interpretation=== Some historians have argued that Caesar's description of the conspiracy of Orgetorix, Dumnorix, and Casticus bears a number of similarities to the First Triumvirate of which Caesar himself was a member. This has led some to conclude that Caesar's account may have been deliberately written to be analogous to his own plot. William Henry Altman expands on Yves Gerhard's views of this by presenting six parallels between what he calls "The Gallic Triumvirate" and the First Triumvirate. ==References==

Text derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367784963 under CC BY-SA 4.0; modifications have been made.