![Julius Caesar parleys with Divico. Painting by Karl Jauslin for the publication «Schweizergeschichte in Bildern» (Swiss history in pictures), 1885.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/Diviko-Titel-300x225.jpg)
Divico – a forgotten national hero
Around 200 years ago, just when there was a shortage of heroes, the myth of Divico was born. As the chief of the Tigurini people of Helvetia, he made history on account of his brave deeds and the often disrespectful way he talked to Julius Caesar.
![The Romans are enslaved after the Battle of Agen. Painting by Charles Gleyre, 1858.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/sieg-der-helvetier-233x300.jpg)
![Negotiations at the Saône. Historical painting by Karl Jauslin.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/casar-und-divico-300x211.jpg)
![Pencil sketch of Divico by Karl Jauslin, 1882.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/diviko-221x300.jpg)
![Meyer’s 1882 poem about the Battle of Agen. He arbitrarily shifted the scene to the territory of present-day Switzerland.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/Gedicht-Divico-Meyer-195x300.jpg)