Bituitus

Bituitus (fl. 2nd century BC) was a king of the Arverni, a Gaulish tribe living in what is now the Auvergne region of France. The Arverni were a powerful opponent of the Roman Republic during the 3rd and 2nd centuries under the leadership of Luernius, the father of Bituitus. In 121 BC, Bituitus was defeated by the Roman general Fabius Maximus, ending the power of the Arverni in Mediterranean Gaul, or present-day southern France. The defeat of the Arverni resulted in the establishment of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis. Quotes Fabius consul...adeo cum paruo exercitu occurrit, ut Bituitus paucitatem Romanorum uix ad escam canibus, quos in agmine habebat, sufficere posse iactaret. The army of the consul Fabius was so small that Bituitus boasted that the small number of the Romans would scarcely suffice to feed the dogs that were with his army. Orosius, Seven Books of History Against the Pagans, bk. 5, ch. 1 (tr. I. W. Raymond, 1936). Turned into a direct quote in Jules Michelet, History of France, tr. G. H. Smith (1882), vol. i, p. 40: "There are not enough there to serve my dogs for one meal." External links Category:BCE births Category:BCE deaths Category:Gauls