Battle of Alesia

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The Battle of Alesia was a decisive 52 BC siege in which Julius Caesar defeated Vercingetorix, effectively ending major Gallic resistance to Roman rule.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Alesia canonical 17
Siege of Alesia 3
siege of Alesia in 52 BC 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
siege ⓘ
approximateGallicStrength tens of thousands inside and outside the fortress ⓘ
approximateRomanStrength about 50,000–60,000 soldiers ⓘ
associatedWith Gallic cavalry ⓘ
Roman engineering works ⓘ
belligerent Gallic tribes ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
commandedBy Julius Caesar ⓘ
conflictBetween Gallic tribes ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
date 52 BC ⓘ
describedIn Commentarii de Bello Gallico ⓘ
linked to: Gallic Wars
followedBy Roman annexation of Gaul ⓘ
fortifiedSite oppidum of Alesia ⓘ
linked to: Alesia
hasAftermath integration of Gaul into Roman political system ⓘ
hasParticipant Gallic coalition ⓘ
Julius Caesar ⓘ
Roman legions ⓘ
linked to: Roman legion

Vercingetorix ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Roman Republic ⓘ
involvesEvent surrender of Vercingetorix ⓘ
legacy symbol of Gallic resistance in French national memory ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Alise-Sainte-Reine ⓘ
location Alesia ⓘ
Gaul ⓘ
modern-day France ⓘ
notableTactic circumvallation ⓘ
contravallation ⓘ
double line of fortifications ⓘ
opposedByCommander Vercingetorix ⓘ
outcome Roman control consolidated in Gaul ⓘ
partOf Caesar’s conquest of Gaul ⓘ
linked to: Gallic Wars

Gallic Wars ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Gergovia ⓘ
primarySourceAuthor Julius Caesar ⓘ
result Roman victory ⓘ
defeat of Vercingetorix ⓘ
end of major Gallic resistance to Roman rule ⓘ
significance decisive Roman victory in the Gallic Wars ⓘ
turning point in Roman expansion in Western Europe ⓘ
surrenderedCommander Vercingetorix ⓘ
terrain hilltop fortress ⓘ
surrounded by rivers and valleys ⓘ
typeOfWarfare siege warfare ⓘ
year 52 BC ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gallic Wars → significantBattle → Battle of Alesia ⓘ
Gallic Wars → hasPart → Siege of Alesia ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Alesia
Vercingetorix → defeatedAt → Battle of Alesia ⓘ
Vercingetorix → participatedIn → Battle of Alesia ⓘ
Revolt of Vercingetorix → mainBattle → Battle of Alesia ⓘ
Gaius Julius Caesar → notableEvent → Battle of Alesia ⓘ
Alésia → namedAfter → Battle of Alesia ⓘ
Roman conquest of Gaul → hasConflict → Battle of Alesia ⓘ
Battle of Gergovia → followedBy → Siege of Alesia ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Alesia
Arverni → event → Battle of Alesia ⓘ
Legio X Gemina → participatedIn → Battle of Alesia ⓘ
Alesia → knownFor → Battle of Alesia ⓘ
Gallic coalition → notableBattle → Siege of Alesia ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Alesia
Alise-Sainte-Reine → historicalEvent → siege of Alesia in 52 BC ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Alesia
Place d'Alésia → namedAfter → Battle of Alesia ⓘ
Alésia (Paris Métro) → namedAfter → Battle of Alesia ⓘ
Alésia station → namedAfter → Battle of Alesia ⓘ
Rue d’Alésia → namedAfter → Battle of Alesia ⓘ