The Bellovaci (Gaulish: Bellouacoi) were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the modern Picardy region, near the present-day city of Beauvais, during the Iron...
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In Caesar's usage, Belgium is a geographical subregion comprising the Bellovaci, Ambiani, Atrebates, and Veromandui. These four communities are widely...
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Beauvais (category Bellovaci)
post-Renaissance Latin rendering is Bellovacum from the Belgic tribe the Bellovaci, whose capital it was. In the ninth century, it became a county (comté)...
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uprisings followed the 57 BC conquest. The largest revolt was led by the Bellovaci in 52 BC, after the defeat of Vercingetorix. During this rebellion, it...
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complete; it evidently was incomplete as Caesar was that year fighting the Bellovaci and regardless the proposal was vetoed. That year, it seemed that the...
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Vindunom (Le Mans) Bodiocasses Augustodurum (Bayeux) Boii Bononia (Bologna) Bellovaci (*Bellowacī) Bratuspantion (Beauvais) Bituriges Cubi Avaricum (Bourges)...
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battle and the Younger Pompey captured and executed. 46 BC: Revolt of the Bellovaci in North-Eastern Gaul – revolt suppressed 44 BC: Revolt of the Allobroges...
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situated between that of the Caletes and Bellovaci. Wooded heights constituted a natural frontier with the Bellovaci, where the latter dominated. During the...
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the Gauls to surrender promptly. This had a ripple effect: the nearby Bellovaci and Ambiones surrendered immediately afterward, realizing the Romans had...
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Alesia. After Vercingetorix was defeated Commius joined a revolt by the Bellovaci and persuaded some 500 Germans to support them, but this too was defeated...
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