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Vercingetorix Biography

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VERCINGETORIX. The most famous of the Gallic chieftains who fought against Cæsar. He was the leader of the Arverni tribe and carried on war against Cæsar with great ability in 52 B.C. He fell into Cæsar’s hands at the fall of Alesia and was taken to Rome, where he was put to death after participating in his conqueror’s triumph. The seventh book of Cæsar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War treats of the war against Vercingetorix. 

The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. XXIII (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920) 78.