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title="Aleziya – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Aleziya" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Алезия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Алезия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A8%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%BA%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%9E%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A1%E0%BC%8D" title="ཨ་ལའེ་ཞི་ཡ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཨ་ལའེ་ཞི་ཡ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C3%A8sia" title="Alèsia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Alèsia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C3%A9sia_(oppidum)" title="Alésia (oppidum) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Alésia (oppidum)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alesia" title="Alesia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Alesia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alesia" title="Alesia – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Alesia" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alesia" title="Alesia – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Alesia" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alesia_(ciudad)" title="Alesia (ciudad) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Alesia (ciudad)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkeologia_loko_de_Alesia" title="Arkeologia loko de Alesia – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Arkeologia loko de Alesia" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alesia" title="Alesia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Alesia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="آلزیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آلزیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_arch%C3%A9ologique_d%27Al%C3%A9sia" title="Site archéologique d'Alésia – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Site archéologique d'Alésia" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%A1_(%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%84)" title="Ալեզիա (քաղաք) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ալեզիա (քաղաք)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alesia" title="Alesia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Alesia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" 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<i><a href="/wiki/Oppidum" title="Oppidum">oppidum</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 140 hectares (350 acres)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Builder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Celts" title="Celts">Celts</a>, later <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Material</th><td class="infobox-data category">Stone, earth, wood</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Periods</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cultures</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Celts" title="Celts">Celts</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_T%C3%A8ne_culture" title="La Tène culture">La Tène</a><br /> later Gallo-Roman</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">Site notes</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archaeologists</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eug%C3%A8ne_Stoffel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eugène Stoffel (page does not exist)">Eugène Stoffel</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Stoffel" class="extiw" title="fr:Eugène Stoffel">fr</a>]</span>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michel_Redd%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michel Reddé (page does not exist)">Michel Reddé</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Redd%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="fr:Michel Reddé">fr</a>]</span>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Siegmar_von_Schnurbein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siegmar von Schnurbein (page does not exist)">Siegmar von Schnurbein</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegmar_von_Schnurbein" class="extiw" title="de:Siegmar von Schnurbein">de</a>]</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Public access</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SiegeAlesia.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/SiegeAlesia.png/220px-SiegeAlesia.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/SiegeAlesia.png/330px-SiegeAlesia.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/SiegeAlesia.png/440px-SiegeAlesia.png 2x" data-file-width="977" data-file-height="845" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Fortification" title="Fortification">fortifications</a> built by Caesar in Alesia<br />Inset: cross shows location of Alesia in Gaul (modern France). The circle shows the weakness in the north-western section of the fortifications</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Alesia</b> was the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Mandubii" title="Mandubii">Mandubii</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Gallic</a> tribes allied with the <a href="/wiki/Aedui" title="Aedui">Aedui</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Celts" title="Celts">Celtic</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Oppidum" title="Oppidum">oppidum</a></i> was conquered by <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Gallic_Wars" title="Gallic Wars">Gallic Wars</a> and afterwards became a Gallo-Roman town. Modern understanding of its location was controversial for a long time; however, it is now thought to have been located on Mont-Auxois, near <a href="/wiki/Alise-Sainte-Reine" title="Alise-Sainte-Reine">Alise-Sainte-Reine</a> in <a href="/wiki/Burgundy" title="Burgundy">Burgundy</a>, France. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alesia_(city)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_of_Alesia">Battle of Alesia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alesia_(city)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Battle of Alesia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Alesia" title="Battle of Alesia">Battle of Alesia</a></div> <p>Alesia is best known for being the site of the decisive <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Alesia" title="Battle of Alesia">Battle of Alesia</a> in 52 BC that marked the defeat of the <a href="/wiki/Gauls" title="Gauls">Gauls</a> under <a href="/wiki/Vercingetorix" title="Vercingetorix">Vercingetorix</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Romans</a> under <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a>. Caesar described the battle in detail in his <i><a href="/wiki/Commentarii_de_Bello_Gallico" title="Commentarii de Bello Gallico">Commentarii de Bello Gallico</a></i> (Book VII, 69–90). The battle's outcome determined the fate of all of Gaul: in winning the battle, the Romans won both the <a href="/wiki/Gallic_Wars" title="Gallic Wars">Gallic Wars</a> and dominion over Gaul. </p><p>The enormous measures taken during the battle were impressive: in only six weeks, Caesar's troops built a ring of fortifications 15 km (9.3 mi) long (<i><a href="/wiki/Investment_(military)" title="Investment (military)">circumvallation</a></i>) around Alesia and an additional ring 21 km (13 mi) long (<i>contravallation</i>) around that to stop reinforcements (around 250,000 men according to Caesar) from reaching the Gauls. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_vicus">Roman <i>vicus</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alesia_(city)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Roman vicus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After being conquered by Caesar, Alesia became a <a href="/wiki/Gallo-Roman_culture" title="Gallo-Roman culture">Gallo-Roman</a> town. It featured a town centre with <a href="/wiki/Monument" title="Monument">monumental</a> buildings such as temples and a <a href="/wiki/Forum_(Roman)" title="Forum (Roman)">forum</a>. There was also a theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-Oppida_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oppida-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 32">: 32 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_location">Geography and location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alesia_(city)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography and location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For a long time after the abandonment of the Roman town<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Relative_time_references" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="Clarify the applicable timeframe so that it is unambiguous when read at a later date. (May 2024)">timeframe?</span></a></i>]</sup>, the location of Alesia and thus the site of the important battle was unknown and subject to speculation. In the 19th century, Emperor <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_III" title="Napoleon III">Napoleon III</a> developed an interest in the location of this crucial battle in pre-French history. He was writing a biography of Caesar and saw the command of Vercingetorix over all Gaulish armies as a symbol of the French nation. At the same time he realized that the future French nation was heavily influenced by the Roman victory and centuries of rule over Gaul. </p><p>In 1838 an inscription <i>IN ALISIIA</i> was discovered near <a href="/wiki/Alise-Sainte-Reine" title="Alise-Sainte-Reine">Alise-Sainte-Reine</a> in the department <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4te-d%27Or" title="Côte-d'Or">Côte-d'Or</a> near <a href="/wiki/Dijon" title="Dijon">Dijon</a>. Napoleon III ordered an archaeological excavation by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eug%C3%A8ne_Stoffel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eugène Stoffel (page does not exist)">Eugène Stoffel</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Stoffel" class="extiw" title="fr:Eugène Stoffel">fr</a>]</span> around Mont-Auxois. These excavations from 1861 to 1865 concentrated on the vast Roman siege lines and indicated that the historical Alesia was indeed located there.<sup id="cite_ref-Oppida_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oppida-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 32–33">: 32–33 </span></sup> </p><p>The <i>oppidum</i> was located on a plateau of <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 97 hectares (240 acres), around 200 metres (660 ft) above the valley floor, surrounded by steep cliffs in every direction except at the eastern and western extremities.<sup id="cite_ref-Oppida_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oppida-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 32">: 32 </span></sup> It was protected by a wall (<i><a href="/wiki/Murus_gallicus" title="Murus gallicus">murus gallicus</a></i>) enclosing an area of up to 140 hectares (350 acres), pierced by at least two <a href="/wiki/Pincer_gate" title="Pincer gate">pincer gates</a> and in 52 BC it possibly had a population of 80,000, including refugees and men under the command of Vercingetorix.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later archaeological analysis at Alise-Sainte-Reine has corroborated the described siege in detail. The remains of siege rings said to match Caesar’s descriptions have been identified by <a href="/wiki/Archaeology" title="Archaeology">archaeologists</a> using <a href="/wiki/Aerial_photography" title="Aerial photography">aerial photography</a> (e.g. by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ren%C3%A9_Goguey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="René Goguey (page does not exist)">René Goguey</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Goguey" class="extiw" title="fr:René Goguey">fr</a>]</span>). Franco-German excavations led by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michel_Redd%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michel Reddé (page does not exist)">Michel Reddé</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Redd%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="fr:Michel Reddé">fr</a>]</span> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Siegmar_von_Schnurbein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siegmar von Schnurbein (page does not exist)">Siegmar von Schnurbein</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegmar_von_Schnurbein" class="extiw" title="de:Siegmar von Schnurbein">de</a>]</span> from 1991–97 confirmed these findings and effectively ended the long debate among archaeologists about the location of Alesia.<sup id="cite_ref-Oppida_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oppida-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 32">: 32 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_theories_on_Alesia’s_location"><span id="Alternative_theories_on_Alesia.E2.80.99s_location"></span>Alternative theories on Alesia’s location</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alesia_(city)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Alternative theories on Alesia’s location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been other theories about Alesia's location that claimed it was in <a href="/wiki/Franche-Comt%C3%A9" title="Franche-Comté">Franche-Comté</a> or around <a href="/wiki/Salins-les-Bains" title="Salins-les-Bains">Salins-les-Bains</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jura_(department)" title="Jura (department)">Jura</a>. In the 1960s, a French archaeologist, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Andr%C3%A9_Berthier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="André Berthier (page does not exist)">André Berthier</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Berthier" class="extiw" title="fr:André Berthier">fr</a>]</span>, proposed that the location of Alesia is at <a href="/wiki/Chaux-des-Crotenay" title="Chaux-des-Crotenay">Chaux-des-Crotenay</a> in Franche-Comté, at the gate of the Jura mountains—a place that better suits the descriptions in Caesar's Gallic Wars<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—and indeed, Roman fortifications have been found at that site. In total, around 40 towns and other locations have claimed to be the site of Alesia.<sup id="cite_ref-Welt_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Welt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Today">Today</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alesia_(city)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Today"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:03_Alesia_site_archeologique_monument_Ucuetis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/03_Alesia_site_archeologique_monument_Ucuetis.jpg/220px-03_Alesia_site_archeologique_monument_Ucuetis.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/03_Alesia_site_archeologique_monument_Ucuetis.jpg/330px-03_Alesia_site_archeologique_monument_Ucuetis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/03_Alesia_site_archeologique_monument_Ucuetis.jpg/440px-03_Alesia_site_archeologique_monument_Ucuetis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4279" data-file-height="2510" /></a><figcaption>Archaeological site, Alesia.</figcaption></figure> <p>Part of the area has become the MuséoParc Alésia.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (August 2022)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Not much of the Gallic <i>oppidum</i> is visible today, except for some remains of a rampart. Most of the ruins date to the town’s Roman period.<sup id="cite_ref-Oppida_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oppida-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 32–33">: 32–33 </span></sup> </p><p>A large <a href="/wiki/Vercing%C3%A9torix_monument" class="mw-redirect" title="Vercingétorix monument">copper statue of Vercingetorix</a>, made in 1865 by <a href="/wiki/Aim%C3%A9_Millet" title="Aimé Millet">Aimé Millet</a>, stands at the western end of the plateau.<sup id="cite_ref-Welt_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Welt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The uncertainty surrounding Alesia's location is humorously parodied in the <a href="/wiki/Asterix" title="Asterix">Asterix</a> comic book <i><a href="/wiki/Asterix_and_the_Chieftain%27s_Shield" title="Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield">Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield</a></i>, in which, in this case because of Gaulish pride, characters repeatedly and vehemently deny that they know its location: "I don't know where Alesia is! No-one knows where Alesia is!". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alesia_(city)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Triumphal_Arch_of_Orange" title="Triumphal Arch of Orange">Triumphal Arch of Orange</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alesia_(city)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Oppida-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Oppida_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Oppida_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Oppida_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Oppida_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Oppida_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFRieckhoffFichtl2011" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Rieckhoff, Sabine; Fichtl, Stephan (2011). <i>Keltenstädte aus der Luft</i> [<i>Celtic Cities from the Sky</i>] (in German). WBG. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-8062-2242-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-8062-2242-5"><bdi>978-3-8062-2242-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Keltenst%C3%A4dte+aus+der+Luft&rft.pub=WBG&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-3-8062-2242-5&rft.aulast=Rieckhoff&rft.aufirst=Sabine&rft.au=Fichtl%2C+Stephan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlesia+%28city%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hW6lZS26-Q8C&pg=PA89">Caesar's Gallic Wars: 58–50 BC</a></i>, p. 89, at <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1MJ9HPsGsrUC&pg=PA389">Numbers from Nowhere: The American Indian Contact Population Debate</a></i>, p. 389, at <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBerthier1990" class="citation book cs1">Berthier, André (1990). <i>Alésia</i>. 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title="Paemani">Paemani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remi" title="Remi">Remi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silvanectes" title="Silvanectes">Silvanectes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suessiones" title="Suessiones">Suessiones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treveri" title="Treveri">Treveri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triboci" title="Triboci">Triboci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veliocasses" title="Veliocasses">Veliocasses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viromandui" title="Viromandui">Viromandui</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Gallia_Celtica" title="Gallia Celtica">Celtica</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abrincatui" title="Abrincatui">Abrincatui</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ambiliati&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ambiliati (page does not exist)">Ambiliati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aedui" title="Aedui">Aedui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambarri" title="Ambarri">Ambarri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andecavi" title="Andecavi">Andecavi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arouii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arouii (page does not exist)">Arouii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arverni" title="Arverni">Arverni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aulerci" title="Aulerci">Aulerci</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brannovices" title="Brannovices">Brannovices</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aulerci_Cenomani" title="Aulerci Cenomani">Cenomani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diablintes" title="Diablintes">Diablintes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eburovices" title="Eburovices">Eburovices</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodiocasses" title="Bodiocasses">Bodiocasses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bituriges_Cubi" title="Bituriges Cubi">Bituriges Cubi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bituriges_Vivisci" title="Bituriges Vivisci">Bituriges Vivisci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadurci" title="Cadurci">Cadurci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnutes" 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