Lucterius

Lucterius (Ancient Greek: Λυκτεριoς) was a leader of the Cadurci, a Celtic people whose territory was located around Cahors in the modern French department of Lot.

Advancing through the territory of the Nitiobriges and Gabali, he amassed an impressive number of troops and was on the point of invading the Narbonensis, the Roman province of Mediterranean Gaul, when the arrival of Caesar and his army forced him to withdraw.

[3] Lucterius remained at large after the surrender of Vercingetorix at Alesia and continued the resistance the following year in an alliance with Drappes, a Senonian under whom motley contingents of Gallic rebels had gathered.

[4] Despite the capture of Vercingetorix, Lucterius continued rebellion and guerrilla warfare in Gaul, coupled with the political situation in Rome, had put increasing pressure on Caesar as he neared the end of his legal term as proconsul.

[5] When the town fell, Caesar spared the lives of those who had fought, but had their hands cut off as a visible reminder of the penalty for what he considered betrayal.