Arverni

The Arverni were a Gallic tribe that inhabited the present-day region of Lyons, France. They gave their name to the French region of Auvergne. The Arveni were a very powerful tribe living in the Auvergne, with their most important stronghold being Gergovia (somewhere near Clermont-Ferrand). They had been the most powerful Gallic tribe in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC under their king, Luernios, but when his son Bituitus was defeated by the Romans in 123BC and the Roman ‘Provincia’ (that is the origin of the French word "Provence") established, the ...

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Vercingetorix (72 BC - 46 BC), (French: Vercingétorix) chieftain of the Arverni, led the great Gallic revolt against the Romans in 53-52 BC. His name in Gaulish means "over-king of the marching men"; the "marching men" would now be called "infantry". His name was pronounced, in Gaulish (and therefore in Latin), (wer-king-gheto-rīks). Vercingetorix - History. Between 58 and 53 BC, Julius Caesar had secured domination over the Celtic tribes beyond the Provincia Narbonensis (modern day Provence ...

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53 BC - Events. Roman Republic Consuls: Marcus Valerius Messalla and Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus Parthian war Crassus sacks the Temple of Hierapolis on his way to engage the Parthians Battle of Carrhae: Romans defeated, and Crassus killed, by Parthians led by Surena Gallic War - Caesar defeats a revolt led by Ambiorix near Sabis Vercingetorix, an Arverni chieftain, leads a revolt against Caesar in Central Gaul Including:

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The Battle of Gergovia took place in 52 BC at Gergovia (modern Gergovie), France The battle was fought between a Roman Republic army, led by proconsul Julius Caesar, and Gallic forces led by Vercingetorix. The Gauls won the battle. Gergovia was the chief town of the Arverni, and was situated on a hill in Auvergne, about eight miles from the Puy de Dome. Some walls and earthworks seem still to survive from this period. Later, when Gaul had been subdued, the place was dismantled and its Gaulish inhabitants resettled four miles away in the plain at the new Roman ...

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Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield (original title: Le bouclier arverne) is the eleventh Asterix comic book, written by René Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo. It was originally published in 1968. The book is inspired by the battle of Alesia, where the Gaulish warrior chief Vercingetorix surrendered to the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar. However, only the very end of the actual battle appears in the book - the main plot concerns what happened after the battle. Asterix and the Chieftain's ...

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Between 58 and 53 BC, Julius Caesar had secured domination over the Celtic tribes beyond the Provincia Narbonensis (modern day Provence) through a careful divide and rule strategy. Previous attempts at revolt, for example that of Ambiorix in 54 BC, had secured only local support, but Vercingetorix, whose father, Celtillus, had been put to death by his own countrymen for seeking kingship over all of Gaul, managed to unify the Gallic tribes against the Romans a ...

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Issoire (Iciodurum) is said to have been founded by the Arverni, and in Roman times rose to some reputation for its schools. In the 5th century the Christian community established there by Stremonius in the 3rd century was overthrown by the fury of the Vandals. During the religious wars of the Reformation, Issoire suffered very severely. Merle, the leader of the Protestants, captured the town in 1574, and treated the inhabitants with great cruelty. The Roman Catholics retook it in 1577, and the ferocity of their retaliation may ...

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Issoire, Issoire - Geography, Issoire - History, Issoire - Sights, Issoire - Miscellaneous

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Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield - Summary. Emperor Julius Caesar has lost the shield of Vercingetorix and sends his troops to look for it. Meanwhile, Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix accompany their chief, Vitalstatistix, on a trip to Arverni to be cured of his sore liver. The Gauls and Romans frequently encounter each other, following the same trail simultaneously. Finally, the Gauls show that they have the shield and Caesar has to concede defeat.

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The wars began in 58 BC with the large-scale migration of the Helvetii west from what is now Switzerland, which threatened to pass through the Roman province of Transalpine Gaul. Caesar attacked, driving the Helvetii back to their lands (see Helvetian War). Later that year, the Gallic Aedui tribe asked for Roman assistance against their rivals, the Sequani, who had launched an invasion led by the German war leader Ariovistus. Caesar intervened in the conflict and soundly defeated Ariovist ...

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The Roman success in the Gallic Wars was due to a combination of clever politics, effective campaigning and greater military capability than their Gaulish opponents. Caesar pursued a policy of "divide and rule" to pick off his enemies, siding with individual tribes in disputes with their local rivals. He systematically gathered intelligence on the Gallic tribes to identify their characteristics, ...

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The following year, 56 BC, Caesar turned his attention to the tribes of the Atlantic seaboard, notably the Veneti tribe in Armorica (modern Brittany), who had assembled a confederacy of anti-Roman tribes. The Veneti were a seafaring people and had built a sailing fleet in the Gulf of Morbihan, requiring the Romans to build galleys and undertake an unconventional land and sea campaign. Again, Caesar succe ...

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Discontent among the subjugated Gauls prompted a major uprising in the winter of 54 BC/53 BC, when the Eburones of north-eastern Gaul rose in rebellion under their leader Ambiorix. Fifteen Roman cohorts were wiped out at Atuatuca Tungrorum (modern Tongeren in Belgium) and a garrison commanded by Quintus Tullius Cicero narrowly survived after being relieved by Caesar in the nick of time. The rest of 53 BC was occupied with a punitive campaign against the Eburones and their allies, wh ...

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Gallic Wars, Gallic Wars - Interventions, Gallic Wars - Punitive expeditions, Gallic Wars - Consolidation and rebellions, Gallic Wars - Factors for Roman success, Gallic Wars - The Gallic Wars in literature and culture

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