Siege of Alesia
siege · 52 BC
Siege of Alesia, a siege recorded 52 BC: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- siege
- Date
- September 52 BC
- War
- Gallic Wars
- Side 1
- Roman Republic — led by Julius Caesar
- Side 2
- Gallic confederation — led by Vercingetorix
- Result
- Roman victory; the end of Gallic resistance
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 BC | — | high confidence | no observation date recorded | — |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)