Battle of Alesia: Caesar’s Victory Over Vercingetorix

There was a showdown between Vercingetorix’s Gauls and Caesar’s Romans in the Battle of Alesia in 52 BC. Caesar’s influence peaked after the Romans’ triumph, when Gaul capitulated.

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Vercingetorix Throws Down his Arms at the Feet of Julius Caesar, painted by Lionel Royer in 1899.