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The Gallic Women: Episode from the Roman Invasion (1851) by Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize. The Gallic Women: Episode from the Roman Invasion (French: Les Femmes Gauloises: épisode de l'invasion romaine) is a painting by Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize, from 1851. It is a very large oil on canvas work, with a height of 424 cm and a width of 651 cm.
The Helvetii, a confederation of Gallic tribes, had begun a total migration of its peoples in March of 58 BC. This alarmed the Romans and began the Gallic Wars. [2]Julius Caesar was the governor of Transalpine Gaul, and by the time of battle had between 24,000 and 30,000 legionary troops, and some quantity of auxiliaries, many of whom were Gauls themselves.
Native tribes in the region, both Gallic and Germanic, had attacked Rome several times. Conquering Gaul allowed Rome to secure the natural border of the river Rhine. The wars began with conflict over the migration of the Helvetii in 58 BC, which drew in neighboring tribes and the Germanic Suebi. By 57 BC, Caesar had resolved to conquer all of Gaul.
The following is a list of Roman external wars and battles [1] fought by the ancient Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire against external enemies, organized by date. For internal civil wars, revolts and rebellions, see List of Roman civil wars and revolts.
After the war, Rome took Bononia (196 BC), [37] [38] Placentia (194 BC), [39] [40] [36] and Mutina (193 BC). [ 41 ] [ 42 ] According to Strabo, many of the surviving Boii retreated north across the Alps to the land subsequently known as Boihaemum , [ 43 ] but in all probability the region was already inhabited by Boii prior to their subjugation ...
Bibracte is mentioned only twice in Roman sources. The first mention is found in Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War in the year 58 BC. It was mentioned again in 52 BCE, when he was questioning the intentions of his Aedui allies, who had joined the revolt and crowned Vercingetorix king of the Gauls at Bibracte.
The Gallic sack was a humiliation for Rome and set in motion a series of wars against nearby peoples. Rome, in conjunction with the Latin League , a coalition of other Latin cities, and the Hernici , had spent much of the 5th century fighting against the Volsci and Aequi , who lived to the south, in response to the latter's attacks on their ...
Vercingetorix was taken prisoner and held as a captive in Rome for the next five years awaiting Caesar's triumph (which was delayed by the Civil War). As was traditional for such captured enemy leaders, he was paraded in the triumph, then taken to the Tullianum and ritually garrotted in 46 BC. [30] The Gallic Wars lack a clear end date.