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Bibracte, a
Gallic oppidum (fortified settlement), was the
capital of the
Aedui and one of the most
important hillforts in Gaul. It was
located near modern...
- The
Battle of
Bibracte was
fought between the
Helvetii and six
Roman legions,
under the
command of
Gaius Julius Caesar. It was the
second major battle...
- Gallia.
Julius Caesar's
armies pursued and
defeated them at the
Battle of
Bibracte, in today's
eastern France,
forcing the
tribe to move back to its homeland...
- Paul Reinecke,
Joseph Déchelette and
Wolfgang Dehn [de] in
reference to
Bibracte, Manching, and Závist. In particular, Dehn
suggested defining an oppidum...
- ran thin on 20 June,
forcing him to
travel towards allied territory in
Bibracte.
While his army had
easily crossed the Saône, his
supply train still had...
-
groups in the
Alpine region were the Helvetii. In 58 BCE, at the
Battle of
Bibracte,
Julius Caesar defeated the
Alpine tribes,
thereby bringing the region...
- Orgetorix' daughter. A few days later, however, near the
Aeduan oppidum Bibracte,
Caesar caught up with the
Helvetii and
faced them in a
major battle, which...
- many of whom
built large fortified settlements called oppida (such as
Bibracte), and
minted their own coins. Gaul was
never united under a
single ruler...
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Terracotta relief of the Matres, from
Bibracte, city of the
Aedui in Gaul....
-
Gallico 1.3, 1.9, 1.16-20, 5.5-7
Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus, (Yale
University Press, 2006) ISBN 0-300-12048-6
Coins from
Bibracte...
