Alongside Julius Florus, a leader of the Treveri, he led the Aedui tribe in Gaul in a revolt against the Romans.
[1] Florus began the war by raising a regiment of Treviri horsemen, which he would use to massacre Roman merchants.
His army was met by Julius Indus at the Ardennes Forest; during this battle Florus was killed.
Sacrovir would later raise an army of around fifty thousand men to take back the city of Augustodunum, which was the capital of his tribe.
In response Roman general Acillius Aviola raised a Cohort of six hundred soldiers and went to subdue the Gauls.