Author: Peter Inker
Caesar's Gallic Triumph: The Battle of Alesia 52BC
Pen and Sword Military
Campaign Chronicles
2008
Format: EPUB
Pages: 192
Size: 4 Mb
Language: English
In 52 B.C. at Alesia in what is now Burgundy in France Julius Caesar pulled off one of the great feats of Roman arms. His heavily outnumbered army utterly defeated the combined forces of the Gallic tribes led by Vercingetorix and completed the Roman conquest of Gaul. The Alesia campaign, and the epic siege in which it culminated, was one of Caesar 's finest military achievements, and it has fascinated historians ever since.
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