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Vercingetorix |
 | | Although Vercingetorix's initial campaigns against the Romans met with notable success, he was subsequently defeated and captured by Julius Caesar at Alesia (near modern Dijon, France) in 52 BC. |
| | Vercingetorix followed after Caesar by shorter stages, and chose for his camp a place fenced by marshes and woods, about sixteen miles from Avaricum. |
| | When Vercingetorix returned to his followers, he was accused of treachery because he had moved the camp nearer to the Romans, because he had gone off with all the horse and had left so large a force without a commander, and because on his departure the Romans had come with such speed upon their opportunity. |
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