Battle of Alesia

When

Jul 52 BCE – Sep 52 BCE

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

47.54° N, 4.50° E

Description

decisive Roman victory in which Rome secures the conquest of Gaul

Part of the Gallic Wars

The Battle of Alesia or Siege of Alesia was the climactic military engagement of the Gallic Wars, fought around the Gallic oppidum of Alesia in modern France, a major centre of the Mandubii tribe. It was fought by the Roman army of Julius Caesar against a confederation of Gallic tribes united under the leadership of Vercingetorix of the Arverni.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Alesia: Julius Caesar defeats the Gallic allies coming to aid Vercingetorix, led by his cousin Vercassivellanus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Alesia Savaşı (ya da Alesia Kuşatması) gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Sieg Caesars über die aufständischen Gallier unter Vercingetorix in der Schlacht um Alesia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “siège d'Alésia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Осада Алезии (совр”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Derrota a Vercingétorix, en la batalla de Alesia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “羅馬共和國在阿萊西亞之戰取得高盧戰爭中決定性的勝利，高盧各部落在維欽托利的領導下掀起了大起義，最初獲勝，後被凱撒鎮壓下來。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アレシアの戦いでローマ軍がウェルキンゲトリクス率いるガリア軍を破り、ガリア戦争が終結した。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Gallic War58 BCE · War