Editing Bituriges Cubi (section)

== History ==
According to a legend recounted by [[Livy]], the Bituriges ruled over all of Gaul ca. 600 BC. Faced with overpopulation in their homeland, the Biturigian king [[Ambigatus]] sent his sister's sons [[Bellovesus]] and [[Segovesus]] in search of new territories to settle. Segovesus headed towards the [[Hercynian Forest]], while Bellovesus is said to have led the Gallic invasion of northern [[Italy]].{{sfn|Busse|Koch|2006|pp=214–215}} {{Blockquote|text=While Tarquinius Priscus reigned at Rome, the Celts, who make up one of the three divisions of Gaul, were under the domination of the Bituriges, and this tribe supplied the Celtic nation with a king. Ambigatus was then the man, and his talents, together with his own and the general good fortune, had brought him great distinction; for Gaul under his sway grew so rich in corn and so populous, that it seemed hardly possible to govern so great a multitude.|source={{harvnb|Livy|2019}}. ''Ab Urbe Condita Libri'', [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/livy-history_rome_5/1924/pb_LCL172.119.xml 5.34].|author=|title=}}Many Greek ceramics and amphoras imported from [[Massilia|Massalia]], as well as local productions of fine art pottery dated to the second part of the 6th century BC were found on the site Bourges, which, according to historian [[Venceslas Kruta]], gives archeological credit to the essence of the tradition reported by Livy evoking the power of the people of the region well before his own time.{{sfn|Kruta|2000|p=145}}

In the 1st century BC, the Bituriges Cubi were client of the [[Aedui]] as part of their confederation headed. During the Gallic Wars, they supported the Arverni in their fight against Caesar, and suffered great losses in the siege of their oppidum named [[Noviodunum]], followed by their chief town Avaricum in 52 BC, the only oppidum in their territory spared by the scorched-earth tactics of [[Vercingetorix]]. They also took part in the defence of [[Alesia (city)|Alesia]] during the [[Battle of Alesia|siege of the oppidum]] by the Romans. After the defeat of Vercingetorix, Rome had to suppress a Gallic revolt in the territory of the Bituriges in 51 BC. Their submission to Rome was reportedly quick, and they asked Caesar to intervene against their neighbours the [[Carnutes]] only a few weeks later.{{Sfn|Kruta|2000|p=471}}{{sfn|Busse|Koch|2006|pp=214–215}}