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The Battle of Alesia and Caesar’s two-front siege
At Alesia in 52 BCE, Julius Caesar trapped Vercingetorix and his forces inside a fortified hilltop stronghold during the Gallic Wars. But as Roman siege works tightened around the fortress, a massive ...
The Battle of Alesia or Siege of Alesia (September 52 BC) was the climactic military engagement of the Gallic Wars, fought around the Gallic oppidum (fortified settlement) of Ales ...
A year ago, France opened a dramatic new museum and archaeological park in Burgundy. Best known for its wine, the region also stands as the site of the Battle of Alésia in 52 BC, the climactic ...
Every summer, a village in eastern France celebrates a Gallic chieftain who lost a major battle to Julius Caesar in 52 B.C. Despite that defeat, the mythic Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, is a ...
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