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Alesia

ancient town, France
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Alesia, ancient town situated on Mont Auxois, above the present-day village of Alise-Sainte-Reine in the dĂ©partement of CĂŽte d’Or, France. Alesia is famous as the site of the siege and capture of Vercingetorix by Julius Caesar in 52 bce that ended Gallic resistance to Caesar. The Gallic town was succeeded on the same site by a flourishing Gallo-Roman town.

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