Classical era · 57 BCE – 56 BCE
Battle of Octodurus
The battle of Octodurus took place in the winter of 57–56 BC in the Gallic town of Octodurus in what is now Martigny, Valais, Switzerland. The battle resulted from a Roman attempt to open the Great St. Bernard Pass over the Alps. It was a Roman victory, but the ferocity of the fighting ended with the Roman legion moving back out of the Alps.
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- When
- 57 BCE – 56 BCE
- Where
- Martigny
- Era
- Classical
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Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Octodurus, CC BY-SA 4.0