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 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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In Celtic mythology, Avernus was the god of the Gallic Averni. Other related archivesAverni, Celtic mythology, Gallic

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Gaul (Latin Gallia, Greek Galatia) is the region of Western Europe occupied by present-day France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. In English the word Gaul also refers to a Celtic inhabitant of that region in ancient times, but the Gauls were widespread in Europe by Roman times, speaking the Gaulish language. Besides the Gauls living on the territory of modern-day France, there were the Lepontii who had settled in the plains of northern Italy (Gallia Cisalpina), and the Helvetii who s ...

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Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (September 9, 214–275), known in English as Aurelian, Roman Emperor (270–275), was the second of several highly successful "soldier-emperors" who helped the Roman Empire regain its power during the latter part of the third century and the beginning of the fourth. During his reign, the Empire was reunited in its entirety, following 15 years of rebellion, the loss of two-thirds of its territory to usurpers and devastating barbarian invasions. His success brought an end to the Empire's Crisis of the ...

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This is the short overview of Roman Emperors: for more detail and explanation, see: list of Roman Emperors and Roman Emperor. Concise list of Roman Emperors - Tetrarchy. Concise list of Roman Emperors - 'Collegiate Emperors' of the Constantine Dynasty. Concise list of Roman Emperors - Valentinian Dynasty. Concise list of Roman Emperors - Theodosian Dynasty. Concise list of Roman Emperors - Western Empire. Concise list ...

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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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Commentarii de Bello Gallico (literally "Commentaries on the Gallic Wars" in Latin) is an account written by Julius Caesar about his nine years of war in Gaul. English translations of the book often retain the Latin title; sometimes, various translations of the book's Latin title are used, including About the Gallic War, Of the Gallic War, On the Gallic War,

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In Continental Brythonic (Gallic) Celtic mythology, Abellio (also Abelio and Abelionni) was a god of apple trees, worshipped in the Garonne Valley in southwest France. Abellio - Confusion with the God Apollo?. To a lesser degree, Abellio appears to have been known as a solar deity in Crete and the Pyrenees. The Cretan Abellio may however not be the same god, but rather a different manifestation or else dialectal form of the Greek god Apollo or his name. Apollo ...

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Marcus Piav(v)onius Victorinus was emperor of the successionist Gallic Empire from 268 to 270 or 271, following the brief reign of Marius. Victorinus, born to a family of great wealth, was a soldier under Postumus, the first of the so-called Gallic emperors. Victorinus held the title of tribunus praetorianorum in 266/267, and was co-consul with Postumus in 267 or 268. Following the death of Marius, Victorinus was declare ...

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268 - Events. The Alamanni invade Italy. September - Gallienus aided by Aurelian, defeats the Goths at Battle of Naissus Claudius II Gothicus becomes Roman Emperor. Claudius II Gothicus defeats the Alamanni at the Battle of Lake Benacus. First appearance of the Visigoths as a distinct people. Victorinus becomes the fourth Emperor of the Gallic Empire, following the murders of his predecessors 268 - Births.

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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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274 - Events. December 25 - Roman emperor Aurelianus has a temple dedicated to Sol Invictus on the supposed day of the solstice and day of rebirth of the Sun. The Gallic Empire (Gaul and Britain) is reconquered by Roman Emperor Aurelian. Germanic Peoples take advantage of the destroyed Roman armies of the Rhine. They pillage and depopulate large areas of Gaul, including Paris. The Rhine border is lost for 20 years. Franks live in the area of present southern Netherlands, nort ...

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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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258 - Events. Sun Xiu succeeds Sun Liang as ruler of the Chinese kingdom of Wu The Goths ravage Asia Minor and Trabzon Gaul, Britain and Spain break off from the Roman Empire to form the Gallic Empire Nanjing University first founded in Nanjing, China 258 - Births. Emperor Hui of Jin China (approximate date) 258 - Deaths. August 6 - Pope Sixtus II August 10 - Saint LawrenceIncluding:

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Saint Vincent of Lerins (in Latin, Vincentius) was a Gallic author of early writings on Christianity. In earlier life he had been engaged in secular pursuits, whether civil or military is not clear, though the term he uses, "secularis militia," might possibly imply the latter. He refers to the Council of Ephesus, held in the summer and early autumn of 431, as having been held some three years previously to the time at which he was writing "ante triennium ferme." This gives the date of the Commonitory 434. Cyril, bishop o ...

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57 BC - Events. India The city of Ajodhya is restored by King Vikramaditya Roman Republic Consuls: Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos Gallic Wars: May - Battle of the Axona: Julius Caesar defeats the forces of the Belgae under King Galba of the Suessiones July - Caesar defeats the Nervii in the Battle of the Sabis September - the siege and capture of Aduatuca (Tongeren) by Caesar ...

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55 BC - Events. Roman Republic Consuls: Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Gallic Wars May - Julius Caesar defeats a Germanic army then massacres the women and children, totalling 430,000 people, somewhere near the Meuse and Rhine Rivers. June - Caesar crosses the Rhine River near the modern site of Bonn August - Julius Caesar commands the first Roman invasion of Britain. Due to bad weather and revolts in Gaul the expedition achieves little, but t ...

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