• The Battle of Gergovia took place in 52 BC in Gaul at Gergovia, the chief oppidum (fortified town) of the Arverni. The battle was fought between a Roman...
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    Gergovia was a Gaulish town in modern Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the upper part of the basin of the Allier, near present-day Clermont-Ferrand. It was the...
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    after his formal designation as chieftain of the Arverni at the oppidum Gergovia in 52 BC. He immediately established an alliance with other Gallic tribes...
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  • it as the sign of the coming of a new king for Gaul. Guttuart goes to Gergovia, the capital of the Arvernes tribe, for a gathering of chieftains. The...
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    against the armies of Caesar. After an initial victory at the Battle of Gergovia, Vercingetorix was defeated by the Romans at the Battle of Alesia, after...
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  • Neogastropoda Family: Cancellariidae Genus: Microsveltia Species: M. haswelli Binomial name Microsveltia haswelli (Garrard, 1975) Synonyms Gergovia haswelli...
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    the revolt of Vercingetorix. A shrine in Auvergne marks the Battle of Gergovia. Based on scholars' interpretation of books by Caesar, it took place about...
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    Avaricum had supplied the army for the moment). Vercingetorix now withdrew to Gergovia, the capital of his own tribe, which he was eager to defend. Caesar arrived...
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  • Gergovia is an extinct genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. † Gergovia laticostata (Tenison-Woods...
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    Gergovie (redirect from Gergŏ́vĭa)
    the Gergovie plateau, the official but disputed site of the Battle of Gergovia, where, near the Arverni oppidum of Nemossos (a sacred wood, in Gaulish)...
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