AEDUI (i-thro-e), HAEDUI or HEDUI, a Gallic people of Gallia Lugdunensis, who inhabited the country between the Arar (Saone) and Liger (Loire). Their territory thus included the greater part of the modern departments of Saone-et-Loire, COte d'Or and Nievre. According to Livy (v. 34), they took part in the expedition of Bellovesus into Italy in the 6th century B.c. Before Caesar's time they had attached themselves to the Ro mans, and were honoured with the title of brothers and kinsmen of the Roman people. When the Sequani (q.v.), their neighbours on the other side of the Arar, subjugated them, the Aedui sent Divitiacus, the druid, to Rome to appeal for help, but his mission was unsuccessful. On his arrival in Gaul (58 B.c.), Caesar re stored their independence. In spite of this, the Aedui joined the Gallic coalition against Caesar (B.G. vii. 42), but after the sur render of Vercingetorix at Alesia (q.v.) were glad to return to their allegiance. Augustus dismantled their native capital Bibracte (q.v.) on Mont Beuvray, and substituted a new town with a