Classical era · 58 BCE – 51 BCE
Gallic Wars
The Gallic Wars were waged between 58 and 50 BC by the Roman general Gaius Julius Caesar against the peoples of Gaul (present-day France, Belgium, and Switzerland), Britain and Germania. Gallic, Germanic, and Brittonic tribes fought to defend their homelands against an aggressive Roman campaign.
- When
- 58 BCE – 51 BCE
- Where
- Gaul
- Era
- Classical
Topics
People
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Julius Caesar100 BCE – 44 BCERoman general and dictator
Mark Antony83 BCE – 30 BCERoman politician and general (83 BC – 30 BC)
Vercingetorix80 BCE – 46 BCEProtohistoric chieftain of the Arverni tribe, defeated by Julius Caesar during the Gallic wars
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Gallic Wars, CC BY-SA 4.0