The Mandubii ( Gaulish : * Mandubioi ) were a small Gallic tribe dwelling in and around their chief town Alesia , in modern Côte-d'Or , during the Iron Age and the Roman period .
19-551: Alesia may refer to: Places [ edit ] France [ edit ] Alesia (city) , an ancient city in Gaul Alésia (Paris Métro) , a station in the Paris Métro Rue d'Alésia , Paris Le quartier Alésia, an unofficial district of Paris that mostly overlaps Petit-Montrouge United States [ edit ] Alesia (Broussard, Louisiana) , listed on
38-423: A 2011 album by French synth-pop band Housse de Racket "Alesia", an electronic music group signed to Owsla and Ultra Records Caesar (game) , a board game originally published under the name Alesia See also [ edit ] Alesya (disambiguation) Alessia Olesya (given name) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
57-462: A French ocean liner in service from 1882 until 1899 SS Alesia (1896) , a German steamship that was called Bangalore until 1897 SS La Bretagne , a French ocean liner that was renamed Alesia in 1919 SS Prinz Adalbert , a German steamship renamed Alesia in 1917 Other uses [ edit ] Battle of Alesia "Alesia", a song by Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie on their 2012 album Helvetios "Alésia",
76-644: A biography of Caesar and saw the command of Vercingetorix over all Gaulish armies as a symbol of the French nation. At the same time he realized that the future French nation was heavily influenced by the Roman victory and centuries of rule over Gaul. In 1838 an inscription IN ALISIIA was discovered near Alise-Sainte-Reine in the department Côte-d'Or near Dijon . Napoleon III ordered an archaeological excavation by Eugène Stoffel [ fr ] around Mont-Auxois. These excavations from 1861 to 1865 concentrated on
95-549: A population of 80,000, including refugees and men under the command of Vercingetorix. Later archaeological analysis at Alise-Sainte-Reine has corroborated the described siege in detail. The remains of siege rings said to match Caesar’s descriptions have been identified by archaeologists using aerial photography (e.g. by René Goguey [ fr ] ). Franco-German excavations led by Michel Reddé [ fr ] and Siegmar von Schnurbein [ de ] from 1991–97 confirmed these findings and effectively ended
114-408: A town centre with monumental buildings such as temples and a forum . There was also a theatre. For a long time after the abandonment of the Roman town , the location of Alesia and thus the site of the important battle was unknown and subject to speculation. In the 19th century, Emperor Napoleon III developed an interest in the location of this crucial battle in pre-French history. He was writing
133-666: Is best known for being the site of the decisive Battle of Alesia in 52 BC that marked the defeat of the Gauls under Vercingetorix by the Romans under Julius Caesar . Caesar described the battle in detail in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Book VII, 69–90). The battle's outcome determined the fate of all of Gaul: in winning the battle, the Romans won both the Gallic Wars and dominion over Gaul. The enormous measures taken during
152-502: Is mentioned by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), and the tribe is designated as Mandoubíōn (Μανδουβίων) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD). The ethnonym Mandubii is a latinized form of Gaulish * Mandubioi ( sing. * Mandubios ). It is generally seen as stemming from the root mandu- ('pony'). Alternatively, Pierre-Yves Lambert has proposed to compare the name with the Welsh mathru ('trample upon'). The second element may be related to
171-731: The Lingonian territory. In the unstable period following the death of Nero in 68 AD, the Mandubii were excluded from the Lingonian territory and attached to the Aedui . Mandubian ceramics are attested in Villaines-les-Prévôtes by the 2nd century BC. While under the influence of the neighbouring and more powerful Aedui and Lingones , the Mandubii benefited from a relative autonomy (at least economic and cultural) before
190-894: The NRHP Alesia, Maryland , an unincorporated community People [ edit ] Alesia Fieldberg , Canadian television journalist and beauty pageant winner Alesia Furs (1925–2017), member of the Belarusian independence movement Alesia Garcia (born 2000), American soccer player Alésia Glidewell , American web series director, producer and voice actress Alesia Graf (1980–2024), German boxer Alesia Holliday , American author Alesia Raut , Indian-Russian model, VJ, and fashion choreographer Alesia Stepaniuk (born 1985), Russian Paralympic judoka Alesia Turava (born 1979), Belarusian middle-distance runner Alesia Zaitsava (born 1985), Belarusian badminton player Ships [ edit ] SS Alesia ,
209-467: The battle were impressive: in only six weeks, Caesar's troops built a ring of fortifications 15 km (9.3 mi) long ( circumvallation ) around Alesia and an additional ring 21 km (13 mi) long ( contravallation ) around that to stop reinforcements (around 250,000 men according to Caesar) from reaching the Gauls. After being conquered by Caesar, Alesia became a Gallo-Roman town. It featured
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#1732772999716228-643: The descriptions in Caesar's Gallic Wars —and indeed, Roman fortifications have been found at that site. In total, around 40 towns and other locations have claimed to be the site of Alesia. Part of the area has become the MuséoParc Alésia. Not much of the Gallic oppidum is visible today, except for some remains of a rampart. Most of the ruins date to the town’s Roman period. A large copper statue of Vercingetorix , made in 1865 by Aimé Millet , stands at
247-550: The intended ship article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alesia&oldid=1228916265 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Set index articles on ships Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Articles with short description All set index articles Alesia (city) Alesia
266-646: The long debate among archaeologists about the location of Alesia. There have been other theories about Alesia's location that claimed it was in Franche-Comté or around Salins-les-Bains in Jura . In the 1960s, a French archaeologist, André Berthier [ fr ] , proposed that the location of Alesia is at Chaux-des-Crotenay in Franche-Comté, at the gate of the Jura mountains—a place that better suits
285-470: The second element of the vulgar Latin vidubium 'billhook' (a loan from Gaulish) and mean 'beaters' or 'strikers'. The territory of the Mandubii was located in the Haux-Aixois region, between the settlements of Alesia in the north, Blessey in the east, Braux in the west, and Sombernon in the southeast. During the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus , their small territory was incorporated into
304-401: The title Alesia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] List of ships with the same or similar names This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
323-491: The vast Roman siege lines and indicated that the historical Alesia was indeed located there. The oppidum was located on a plateau of c. 97 hectares (240 acres), around 200 metres (660 ft) above the valley floor, surrounded by steep cliffs in every direction except at the eastern and western extremities. It was protected by a wall ( murus gallicus ) enclosing an area of up to 140 hectares (350 acres), pierced by at least two pincer gates and in 52 BC it possibly had
342-509: The western end of the plateau. The uncertainty surrounding Alesia's location is humorously parodied in the Asterix comic book Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield , in which, in this case because of Gaulish pride, characters repeatedly and vehemently deny that they know its location: "I don't know where Alesia is! No-one knows where Alesia is!". Mandubii An oppidum Mandubiorum
361-567: Was the capital of the Mandubii , one of the Gallic tribes allied with the Aedui . The Celtic oppidum was conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars and afterwards became a Gallo-Roman town. Modern understanding of its location was controversial for a long time; however, it is now thought to have been located on Mont-Auxois, near Alise-Sainte-Reine in Burgundy , France. Alesia
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