Gallic Wars
| Gallic Wars | |||||||||
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 "Vercingetorix Throws Doun His Airms at the Feet o Julius Caesar", 1899, bi Lionel Noel Royer | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Roman Republic | Several Gallic, Belgic, Breetish an Aquitanian tribes as well as portions o Germanic an Iberian tribesmen | ||||||||
| Commanders an leaders | |||||||||
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Gaius Julius Caesar Titus Labienus Mark Antony Quintus Tullius Cicero Publius Licinius Crassus Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus Servius Sulpicius Galba |
Vercingetorix Ambiorix Indutiomarus Commius Ariovistus Cassivellaunus | ||||||||
| Strenth | |||||||||
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120,000: 60,000 legionaries 60,000 auxiliaries |
300,000+ fichtin men (mainly irregulars) | ||||||||
| Casualties an losses | |||||||||
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30,000+ killed, 10,000+ woondit |
aboot 1,000,000 accordin tae Caesar which mainly includes civilians killed. Modren estimates at least hundrits o thoosands. | ||||||||
The Gallic Wars wur a series o militar campaigns waged bi the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes. Roum's war against the Gallic tribes lastit frae 58 BC tae 50 BC an culminatit in the decisive Battle o Alesia in 52 BC, in which a complete Roman victory resultit in the expansion o the Roman Republic ower the whole o Gaul (mainly present day Fraunce an Belgium). The wars paved the way for Julius Caesar tae acome the sole ruler o the Roman Republic.