BIBRACTE

bĭbrăkˈtē, former capital of the Aedui, site atop Mont Beuvray, central France. There Caesar defeated (58 b.c.) the Helvetii (see Gallic Wars). Excavations on the site have revealed a Gallic town.

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books on: Bibracte  - 77 results

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Historical Essays - Vol. 4
Book by Edward A. Freeman; Macmillan and Co., 1892
Subjects: History
...would be hard to find another mention of Bibracte. We now hear only of Augustodunum as...many local inquirers to maintain that Bibracte and Augustodunum are the same, that...insisted on as proving the identity of Bibracte and Augustodunum distinctly proves the...
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The Celts
Book by Sabatino Moscati, Otto Hermann Frey, Venceslas Kruta, Barry Raftery, Miklós Szabó; Rizzoli, 1991
Subjects: Art, Celtic--Exhibitions, Civilization, Celtic--Exhibitions
Bibracte: An Oppidum of the Aedui People J. -P. Guillaumet The ancient site of Bibracte mentioned by Caesar stands on the southernmost...two departements . View of enclosure wall at Bibracte on Mont Beuvray Nievre, Saone-et-Loire...
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Nero's Killing Machine: The True Story of Rome's Remarkable XIV Legion
Book by Stephen Dando-Collins; Wiley, 2004
...only just set up his headquarters at Bibracte, on Mount Beuvray, twelve miles west...at headquarters, Caesar set off from Bibracte with his cavalry bodyguard and hurried...their bases as he himself returned to Bibracte. In late February, just eighteen days...
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Caesar, a History of the Art of War among the Romans down to the End of the Roman Empire, with a Detailed Account of the Campaigns of Caius Julius Caesar - Vol. 1
Book by Theodore Ayrault Dodge; Biblio and Tannen Publishers, 1963
Subjects: Caesar, Julius, Military Art And Science--History, Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C
...next day to make a push past the Helvetii for Bibracte Mt. Beuvray, near Autun . Bibracte is apt to be located at Autun, but that it...have located their capital and largest city, Bibracte, at the foot of the mountains where lies Autun...
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Ancient Rome at Work: An Economic History of Rome from the Origins to the Empire
Book by Paul Louis; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1927
Subjects: Labor--Rome, Rome--Economic Conditions, Slavery--Rome, Working Class--Rome
...q.v. AUGUSTINE, Saint, 249 Augustodunum see Bibracte Augustomagus Fr. Senlis, q.v. Augustonementum...Chartres, q.v. Autun Lat. Augustodunum or Bibracte, see Bibracte Auxerre Lat. Autissiodurum , 309 Avaricum Fr. Bourges...
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journal articles on: Bibracte  - 1 result

 
 
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The Battle of Vercellae and the Alteration of the Heavy Javelin (Pilum) by Gaius Marius - 101 BC
Journal article by Christopher Matthew; Antichthon, Vol. 44, 2010
Subjects: Construction, Military history, Reforms
...more secure and predictable means. In his Bellum Gallicum, Caesar recounts how the shields borne by the Helvetii he faced at Bibracte in 58 BC became unwieldy once they had been penetrated by a javelin which bent on impact. The Gauls, so encumbered, were...


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magazine articles on: Bibracte  - 1 result

 
 
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Mountain Operations: a Historical Perspective
Magazine article by Russell A. Eno; Infantry, Vol. 97, January 2008
Subjects: Armed forces, Military history, Military personnel, Mountains, Rivers, War
...strength of 6,000 men, and moved to stop the invaders. In a series of bloody battles such as the Battle of the Arar River, Bibracte and the Battle of Vosges, Caesar stabilized the situation and paved the way for further campaigns against the Gauls, Germans...


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encyclopedia articles on: Bibracte  - 5 results

 
 
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Bibracte
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BIBRACTE bibrak te, former capital of the Aedui , site atop Mont Beuvray, central France. There Caesar defeated (58 b.c.) the Helvetii...
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Helvetia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...is derived from the Roman term for its inhabitants, the predominantly Celtic Helvetii, who were defeated (58 b.c.) at Bibracte by Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars . The Helvetii later prospered under Roman rule; their achievements are evidenced by the...
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Aedui
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Gallic Wars and later were not wholehearted in their support of Vercingetorixs revolt against Caesar. Their early capital was Bibracte . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
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Ariovistus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and ally of Rome, but his power threatened the Romans in Gaul, and Julius Caesar, soon after winning the great victory of Bibracte over the Helvetii, undertook a campaign against him. Caesar defeated Ariovistus somewhere in Upper Alsace in 58 b.c...
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Gallic Wars
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...from the Alps northwestward with Caesar in pursuit, but he split their forces as they crossed the Saone, and pursued them to Bibracte , where he defeated them. In the same year the Aedui asked Caesars help against the German Ariovistus , whom Caesar routed...


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