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*ALESIA*
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*aka ‘siege of alesia’*
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*the ‘battle of alesia’ was a ‘military engagement’ in the ‘gallic wars’ that took place in ‘september’ of ’52 BCE’*
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(the ‘battle’ took place around the gallic oppidum (aka ‘fortified settlement’) of ‘alesia’, a major center of the ‘mandubii tribe’)
(it was fought by the army of ‘julius caesar’ against a ‘confederation’ of ‘gallic tribes’ united under the leadership of ‘vercingetorix’ of the ‘arverni’)
“avert your eyes…”
(it was the last major engagement between ‘gauls’ and ‘romans’, and is considered one of caesar’s greatest military achievements and a classic example of ‘siege warfare’ and ‘investment’)
(the ‘battle of alesia’ marked the end of ‘gallic independence’ in ‘france’ and ‘belgium’)
(the ‘battle site’ was probably atop ‘mont auxois’, above modern ‘alise-sainte-reine’ in ‘france’, but this location, some have argued, does not fit caesar’s description of the ‘battle’)
(a number of ‘alternatives’ have been proposed over time, among which only ‘chaux-des-crotenay (in ‘jura’ in ‘modern france’) remains a challenger today)
(at one point in the battle the ‘romans’ were outnumbered by the ‘gauls’ by ‘4 to 1’ ratio!)
(how do we know this?)
(the event is described by several contemporary authors, including ‘caesar’ himself in his “commentarii de bello gallico”)
(after the ‘roman victory’, ‘gaul’ (very roughly ‘modern france’) was subdued and became a ‘roman province’)
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(the ‘roman senate’ granted a ‘thanksgiving’ of ’20 days’ for his ‘victory’ in the ‘gallic war’)
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👈👈👈☜*THE BATTLES OF ‘JULIUS CAESAR’* ☞ 👉👉👉
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥