Civīlis, Iulius
A powerful Batavian, who raised a sedition against the Roman State (A.D. 69-70) during the
controversy for empire between Vitellius and Vespasian, but who was finally defeated by
Petilius Cerealis. His end is not known. Tacitus, in his
Historiae (bks. iv.
and v.), has furnished us with interesting and copious details of this long-protracted
conflict.