Caesar's conquest of Gaul
Alesia wins Caesar the loyal army he turns on Rome
In eight years Julius Caesar subdued Gaul, roughly modern France and Belgium; the decisive moment was the siege of Alesia in 52 BC, where Vercingetorix surrendered. The conquest gave Caesar wealth and a loyal army with which he soon seized power in Rome.
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Alive at the time
- Julius Caesar (aged 42)
- Cleopatra (aged 11)
- Augustus (aged 5)
- Cicero (aged 48)
- Pompey the Great (aged 48)
- Herod the Great (aged 14)
- Virgil (aged 12)
- Amanirenas (aged 2)
- Livia Drusilla (aged 1)