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	Battle of Alesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Alesia or Siege of Alesia was a conflict fought in September 52 BC around the Gallic oppidum of Alesia, a major town centre and hill fort of the Mandubii tribe, situated probably at Chaux-des-Crotenay (in Jura in modern France).
		Alesia was the last major engagement between Gauls and Romans and marked the turning point of the Gallic Wars in favour of Rome.
		The siege of Alesia is considered one of Caesar's greatest military achievements and is still one of the classic examples of siege warfare and circumvallation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Alesia (2763 words)

	Ballista - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some were positioned inside large, armoured, mobile siege towers or even on the edge of a battlefield.
		Used together, as Alexander did at the Siege of Tyre, in 332 BC, they were capable of causing destruction unlike anything else in the ancient world.
		As was standard siege technique at the time, small ballistae were placed up in the towers as snipers and other troops armed with either bows or slingshots.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ballista (1929 words)

	Battle of Alesia - Americans in France
		The results of this siege would prove to be a decisive moment in the history of what would become France.
		This was a battle between an army of the Gaul's led by Vercingetorix and the Roman Army led by Julius Caesar.
		The siege of Alesia was the end of a series of battles that took place between the invading Romans and the Gauls' fighting to rule themselves.
	www.americansinfrance.net /Attractions/Siege_of_Alesia.cfm (349 words)

	RedRampant.com
		Caesar followed and lay siege to the town with roughly 50,000 men.
		After the siege construction began the Gauls attacked with their cavalry.
		Legions were placed in front of the camps to protect the siege construction.
	www.redrampant.com /roma/alesia.html (956 words)

	Siege of Alesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In the seasonal summer of 52 BC (late September by the calendar of the time), Caesar approached Alesia with the Gauls holed up inside and was well aware of his army's failures at Gergovia just a short time before.
		In one of the most brilliant siege tactics in the history of warfare, and a testament to the skill of Roman engineering, Caesar ordered a second wall to be built on the outside of the first.
		Forced back into Alesia after the defeat of his relief force, with no hope of additional reinforcements, and only with the starving remnants of his own army, Vercingetorix was forced to surrender.
	www.unrv.com /fall-republic/siege-of-alesia.php (1811 words)

	Julius Caesar: the siege of Alesia
		Vercingetorix regrouped his enormous army and occupied Alesia, where the decisive battle was to take place.
		The actual oppidum of Alesia was on a hill top, its position being so high that it was clearly impregnable except by blockade.
		The siege works that we were beginning to build formed a circuit of 18 kilometers.
	www.livius.org /caa-can/caesar/caesar_t16.html (1911 words)

	GAMES - GAME INVASION - Comcast.net
		Alesia is positioned on top of a hill dominating the surrounding area.
		The barrier was separated from Alesia by the broad plain, and his plan was to construct a complex array of walls, ditches and forts.
		Vercingetorix knew that the situation was now hopeless, and pulled the starving remnants of his army back to Alesia, but they had little choice, and facing the inevitable, they laid down their arms and surrendered.
	www.comcast.net /games/invasion/index.jsp?fn=/2005/09/27/653822.html (2807 words)

	Alésia - the battle against the Romans (1)
		In addition to the 50,000 men inside the fortress, Vercingetorix gathered a large relieving force to assist in a breakout (estimates of this relieving force vary from 100,000 to 250,000 men.) After a number of failed attempts to relieve the fortress from both outside and from within, Vercingetorix surrendered.
		After a siege of 2 months Vercingetorix handed himself to the chiefs of the tribes to let them do whatever was wise: to kill him or hand him over to Caesar.
		The perimeter of the siege works which we [the Romans] were beginning had a length of eleven miles.
	www.angelfire.com /me/ik/alesia2.html (969 words)

	HELLAS:NET - Warfare
		The best-known siege of antiquity was the destruction of Jericho by Joshua's trumpet as recorded in the Bible.
		Other well-known sieges were the taking of Tyre by Alexander the Great and the siege of Alesia by Julius Caesar in.
		Expecting a relief force to break his siege, Caesar's problem was to defend the long circumference, keeping Vercingetorix in while being able to respond to an attack from the outside.
	monolith.dnsalias.org /~marsares/warfare/history/siege.html (806 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Subject: Today's review Alesia (Vae Victis) Siege is always been one of the weak points of wargaming design, as it's normally really a boring situation (if played historically), with really long pauses between a few burst of action.
		This Alesia recreation by Frederic By and the people of Vae Victis tries, without much success, to give the players an intense emotion in fighting among ramparts and siege towers, with the likes of Julius Caesar and Vercingetorix.
		How this system works in the field is not for me to talk about, as I've played the game only solitaire: in practice, having roll for initiative, both sides alternate in moving their hidden leaders, until one or more of them comes into a 4 hexes range by an enemy unit and are spotted.
	grognard.com /reviews1/alesia.txt (561 words)

	Antiquity, Reviews: Olivier Review June 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It was the resurgence of this polemic which persuaded Michel Reddé to write a second book, well documented and magnificently illustrated, with the principal aim of addressing the question of Alésia's location.
		Reddé first reviews the historical context for the arrival of Romans in Gaul and then the evidence for the siege at Alésia, an event as important for Rome as it was for Gaul.
		The quantity and quality of the information which authenticates the identification of the siege works as those thrown by Caesar around the Gallic oppidum at Alésia are extremely impressive.
	antiquity.ac.uk /reviews/olivier.html (705 words)

	Roman Army
		The characteristic crossroad of the cardinal and decumanal paths that bisected the camp according to the compass form the center of numerous imperial cities throughout Italy, testifying to the influence of permanent Roman camps in the spread of Roman culture.
		Caesar constructed a double wall of circumvallation--one to besiege the village, the other to withstand the siege of himself and ultimately prevailed.
		Caesar's account of the siege in his "Commentaries" demonstrates the superior technological skill of the Roman military.
	web.ics.purdue.edu /~rauhn/roman_army.htm (432 words)

	Alesia : jeux de rôles et de stratégies : games workshop : figurines et accessoires : xenomorphe.ch
		Instead, The Siege of Alesia presents a massive siege assault, with Caesar besieging Vercingetorix's Gauls, and the Gallic relief force attacking Caesar.
		Featuring assualts on the ramparts of Caesar's fortifications from within and without, Alesia is a tense game between both sides as they try to guess what the other will do, and then try to outlast the ferocity of the attack and defense.
		Alesia changes some of the GBoH base system, mostly because it does not portray linear warefare.
	www.xenomorphe.ch /detail.php?id=3231 (429 words)

	Alesia - LoveToKnow 1911
		ALESIA, the ancient name for a hill in central France, now Alise-Ste-Reine (department Cote d'Or), where in 52 B.C. Caesar besieged the Gaulish national leader Vercingetorix within enormous entrenchments, forced him to surrender, and thus practically ended his conquest of Gaul.
		The siege-works have been excavated by Napoleon III.
		The site seems to have been inhabited also during the Roman empire, but its importance is limited to Caesar's siege.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Alesia (78 words)

	Greatest Siege [Archive] - Military Photos
		By the time the siege was lifted in November 1941 most of the 9th Australian Division had been removed by sea and replaced by the British 70th Division and a Polish brigade.
		Sieges exist as long as there is an opposite force ready to surround the defender's strongold.
		Well, by siege i mean castle vs. cannon, sapping forward, establishing a breaching battery and ending by either the siegeing army marching off or storming a breach.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-39536.html (7866 words)

	Julius Caesar: the siege of Alesia
		While these great siege works were being constructed, it was necessary to send out parties of men in search of timber and grain, and since this took them quite a distance from the camp, it meant that our forces available there were under strength.
		While this was happening at Alesia, the Gauls summoned a council of their chiefs.
		However, the Gauls besieged in Alesia did not know what was going on in the country of the Aedui.
	www.livius.org /caa-can/caesar/caesar_t21.html (1046 words)

	Articles - Battle of Alesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Battle of Alesia or Siege of Alesia was a conflict fought in September 52 BC around the Gallic ´´oppidum´´ of Alesia, a major town centre and hill fort of the Mandubii tribe, situated probably at Chaux-des-Crotenay (Jura).
		Earlier research located Alesia atop Mont Auxois, above modern Alise-Sainte-Reine in France, but this location - it is said -
		But the exact location of Alesia could be identified at Alise-Sainte-Reine by the Aerial archaeology in 2004.
	www.kimia-sains.com /articles/Battle_of_Alesia (2554 words)

	[No title]
		Context/setting: This assessment requires examination of the siege of Alesia by Caesar.
		Assessment schedule: Classical Studies/2/4 — D version 3: “The Siege of Alesia: Despatch From the Trenches” EvidenceJudgements for achievementJudgements for achievement with meritJudgements for achievement with excellenceSelection of evidenceAt least 5 key events included.
		The Roman siege works were very elaborate: one ring of fortifications kept Vercingetorix in Alesia and a second outer ring held off attacks by the Gallic relief army.At least two significant conclusions about the reason(s) for Caesar’s victory, chose from a comprehensive range of evidence.
	www.tki.org.nz /r/ncea/classic2_4Dv3_30jan03.doc (759 words)

	The Fallacious History of Legio VI
		For this action the Legion was awarded the Laurel Wreath to be displayed on all the legions Signi, and marched in Caesars Triumph in Rome.
		The Legio had the honor of serving as the personal guard of Caesar during the siege, and were present when the city surrendered to him.
		Legio VI Ferrata was essential in the Siege of Volandum and the Battle of Artaxata.
	legvi.tripod.com /id38.html (1872 words)

	Roman siege weapons - History Forum
		Roman siege weapons are more of a liability than anything else to the Roman armies.
		However, numerous battles like the Siege of Jerusalem did show that the maximum capacities of these machines could not put to bear on a determined defender.
		Was it natural for siege engines to be utilised, such that generals and historians neglect mentioning siege engines in their accounts?
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=3955 (529 words)

	Great Commanders : Documentary : Napoleon Bonaparte : Austerlitz : Napoleonic Wars : Review : Julius Caesar : Alesia : ...
		For Caesar it is the siege of Alesia and his clash with Vercingetorix, Grant's efforts in the Wilderness win him a place and, of course, Austerlitz is Bonaparte's greatest success.
		Utterly politically motivated and ruthless, Caesar's career up to the Battle of Alesia is recorded and you get to know a huge amount about how the man thought and worked.
		His decisive battle at Alesia - where he was trapped between an enemy fortress and a massive relieving army - is one history's most interesting clashes.
	www.napoleonguide.com /doco_gcvol1.htm (521 words)

	Caesar battle of Alesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The siege and battle of Alesia was a defining landmark in Caesar's campaign in war.
		Nonetheless the Gauls came in aid of Alesia so that Caesar was forced to build double fortifications around the city.
		The fortifications around Alesia were 15km in length.
	www.mariamilani.com /rome_pictures/caesar_battle_of_alesia.htm (130 words)

	After Alésia
		Caius Caninius and Caius Fabius were sent to destroy an enemy force near Limonum, killing 12,000 Gauls and capturing a great deal of spoils in the process.
		Caesar meanwhile was traveling throughout Gaul with his victorious army as a show of force securing loyalty from the numerous tribes.
		Caesar had proven himself not only to be the greatest conqueror ever in the name of Rome, but conducted the most brilliant siege tactics witnessed by history.
	www.home.zonnet.nl /postbus/alesia4.html (785 words)

	Alesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Consequently he withdrew into Alesia and prepared for a siege.
		He hoped that these two defensive lines (14 miles long on the outside, 11 miles long on the inside) would both prevent the Alesia force from breaking out of the siege and keep the relieving force from breaking into Alesia.
		The relieving force - over a quarter of a million strong - with the Alesia group gave the Gauls approximately a six to one superiority in head count, but Caesar's men were superbly trained, equipped, and organized, and the thorough defenses were awesome.
	www.utexas.edu /courses/figura/latin507/spring99/projects/b/991b2.htm (586 words)

	Montaigne's Essays
		Speaking of the siege of Avaricum, he saith that it was his custome, both day and night, ever to be neere and about such workemen as he had set a worke.
		Which he notwithstanding underwent; and after he had obtained so notable a battell of those which were without, be soone reduced those that were besieged in the towne to his mercy.
		For he that hath the commandement of a whole countrie ought never to engage himselfe, except in cases of extremities and where all his rest and last refuge goeth on it, and hath no other hope left him but the defence of such a place.
	www.uoregon.edu /~rbear/montaigne/2xxxiv.htm (2354 words)

	Julius Caesar and Vercingetorix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Without warning, the sun rose to show the two Gallic armies preparing to charge the Roman siege works.
		His men were completely outfitted with personal defenses and materials to cross the trenches, entanglements, and lilies.
		The Romans suffered heavily but the night hindered the Gauls, as they were not able to see the pitfalls and stakes sunk into the ground.
	www.arches.uga.edu /~publius/page3.html (338 words)

	Vercingetorix fit the battle of Alesia
		I’m not much of a military expert, but I do know a little and I can see a couple of reasons why Vercingetorix allowed himself to be “pinned inside a bottle” at Alesia.
		That meant that he needed a fortified position such as Alesia.
		Secondly, moving into Alesia was a way of dictating the field and making it as much in the Gauls’ favor as possible.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/254580 (393 words)

	The Siege of Alesia Gaul 52 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Siege of Alesia Gaul 52 BC Home
		The Siege of Alesia Gaul 52 B.C. Alesia is an epic siege.
		Two massive armies, led by two great captains of history, placed in one of history's most intriguing tactical situations.
	www.thecomicwarehouse.com /Games/agames/alesia.html (66 words)

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