▁some ▁horse . ▁Many ▁others ▁escaped ▁towards ▁the ▁for ests , ▁mor ass es , ▁and ▁tid al ▁islands ▁of ▁the ▁coast . ▁Ca esar ▁decided ▁not ▁to ▁risk ▁men ▁in ▁trying ▁to ▁purs ue ▁the ▁reb els ▁into ▁such ▁difficult ▁coun tr ys ide , ▁and ▁instead ▁tried ▁to ▁encou rage ▁other ▁tribes ▁to ▁pill age ▁the ▁area ▁- ▁a ▁plan ▁which ▁back - f ired ▁when ▁the ▁Sic amb ri ▁crossed ▁the ▁Rh ine ▁and ▁decided ▁the ▁Roman ▁b agg age ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁much ▁rich er ▁target ▁than ▁any ▁refuge es . ▁ ▁The ▁other ▁king ▁of ▁the ▁E bur ones , ▁C ativ ol cus , ▁killed ▁himself ▁" with ▁the ▁ju ice ▁of ▁the ▁y ew - tree , ▁of ▁which ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁great ▁abund ance ▁in ▁Ga ul ▁and ▁Germany ". ▁The ▁name ▁" E bur ones " ▁( like ▁other ▁similar ▁C elt ic - based ▁trib al ▁names ▁around ▁Europe ) ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁C elt ic ▁word ▁for ▁the ▁y ew ▁tree . ▁ ▁Roman ▁emp ire ▁ ▁Belg ian ▁Lim burg ▁in ▁Roman ▁times ▁formed ▁the ▁central ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁large ▁district ▁of ▁C iv itas ▁Tun gr orum , ▁with ▁its ▁capital ▁in ▁modern ▁T ong eren . ▁This ▁district ▁took ▁its ▁name ▁from ▁a ▁new ▁trib al ▁name , ▁the ▁T ung ri . ▁However , ▁according ▁to ▁T ac it us , ▁writing ▁some ▁gener ations ▁after ▁Ca esar , ▁this ▁tribe ▁had ▁originally ▁been ▁the ▁first ▁to