Editing Ambiorix (section)

==Legacy==
Caesar wrote about Ambiorix in his commentary about his battles against the Gauls, ''[[De Bello Gallico]]''. In this text he also famously wrote: "Of these [three regions], the Belgae are the bravest." ("...&nbsp;''Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae''&nbsp;...").

Ambiorix remained a relatively obscure figure until the nineteenth century. The independence of Belgium in 1830 spurred a search for [[national heroes]]. In Caesar's ''De Bello Gallico'', Ambiorix and his deeds were rediscovered. In 1841, the Belgian poet Joannes Nolet de Brauwere Van Steeland wrote a [[lyric poetry|lyric]]al [[epic poetry|epic]] about Ambiorix. Furthermore, on 5 September 1866 a statue of Ambiorix was erected on the main market square in [[Tongeren]], Belgium, referred to by Caesar as [[Atuatuca]], i.e. Atuatuca Tungrorum.

Today, Ambiorix is one of the most famous characters in [[Belgium|Belgian]] history. Many companies, bars and [[friterie]]s have named themselves after him, and in many Belgian [[comics]] such as [[Suske en Wiske]] and [[Jommeke]] he plays a guest role. There was also a short-lived comic called ''Ambionix'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Ambionix official home page |url=http://www.wimswerts.be/htmlmap/ambionix.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915093052/http://www.wimswerts.be/htmlmap/ambionix.html |archive-date=2008-09-15 }}</ref> which featured a scientist teleporting a Belgic chief, loosely based on Ambiorix, to modern-day Belgium.