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Alesia 52 BC - The final struggle for Gaul (Paperback)
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Alesia 52 BC - The final struggle for Gaul (Paperback)
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In 52 BC Caesar's continued strategy of annihilation had engendered
a spirit of desperation, which detonated into a revolt of Gallic
tribes under the leadership of the charismatic young Arvernian
noble Vercingetorix. Major engagements were fought at Noviodunum,
Avaricum, and Gergovia, with the last action being the most serious
reverse that Caesar faced in the whole of the Gallic War. However,
Vercingetorix soon realized that he was unable to match the Romans
in pitched battle. Taking advantage of the tribesmen's superior
knowledge of their home territory, Vercingetorix began a canny
policy of small war and defensive manoeuvres, which gravely
hampered Caesar's movements by cutting off his supplies. For Caesar
it was to be a grim summertime - his whole Gallic enterprise faced
disaster. In the event, by brilliant leadership, force of arms, and
occasionally sheer luck, Caesar succeeded in stamping out the
revolt in a long and brutal action culminating in the siege of
Alesia. Vercingetorix finally surrendered and Alesia was to be the
last significant resistance to the Roman will. Never again would a
Gallic warlord independent of Rome hold sway over the Celts of
Gaul.
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