Veleda, the priestess of the Bructerians on the River Lippe, was the very soul of the whole Batavian rising in which Civilis, at the head of the Germans and Belgae, shook the foundations of Roman rule in Gaul.

• 例如，利珀河畔布鲁克泰人的女祭司魏勒妲，就曾经是推动巴达维人起义的灵魂，在这次起义中，齐维利斯领导德意志人和比利时人动摇了罗马人在高卢的全部统治。