Vergobretas

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  • Vergobretus - The chief magistrate of the Aedui (of Ancient Gaul) in Caesar's time was called Vergobretus (according to Mommsen, "judgment-worker"), who was elected annually, possessed powers of life and death, but was forbidden to go beyond the frontier.