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C.",[15],{"filename":16,"url":16},"Lionel Royer - Vercingetorix Throwing down His Weapons at the feet of Julius Caesar.jpg",{"id":18,"title":19},"p2ch5","The Gallic Wars",{"id":21,"title":22,"chapterId":18,"html":23,"hasEn":24,"isFallback":25,"seoDescription":26},"p2ch5z4","The Peoples of the Gallic Wars: Who's Fighting Whom?","\u003Chr>\n\u003Cp>Between the Aedui and the Sequani of the previous chapter, and the Nervii, the Veneti, or the Aquitani of this one, César faces or allies with more than a dozen different peoples within six years. Caesar himself puts the total number of Gaulish peoples or states of his time at around sixty. This zoom offers a quick reference to help keep track of the main players already encountered across these two chapters.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏛️ The centre and the east: the founding rivalry\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The \u003Cstrong>Aedui\u003C/strong>, settled around their capital \u003Cstrong>Bibracte\u003C/strong> (Mont Beuvray), are Rome’s privileged allies, the only Gaulish people honoured with the title of \u003Cem>fratres consanguinei\u003C/em>. Facing them, the \u003Cstrong>Sequani\u003C/strong>, around \u003Cstrong>Vesontio\u003C/strong> (Besançon), embody the rivalry that had precipitated Ariovistus’s Germanic intervention. Further south, the \u003Cstrong>Arverni\u003C/strong>, weakened since their king Bituitus’s defeat in 121 BC but still wealthy and populous, remain a secondary power during this period — their hour will come in the next chapter, under the leadership of a new chief.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚔️ The north: the Belgic confederation\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The so-called “Belgic” peoples form, in 57 BC, the most formidable coalition Caesar has encountered so far. The \u003Cstrong>Remi\u003C/strong>, around \u003Cstrong>Durocortorum\u003C/strong> (Reims), instead choose the Roman alliance and keep to it faithfully throughout the war. The \u003Cstrong>Suessiones\u003C/strong>, led by their king Galba, dominate the coalition for a time before capitulating after the Aisne. The \u003Cstrong>Nervii\u003C/strong>, renowned for their warrior discipline and their refusal to trade with outsiders, form the core of the resistance at the battle of the Sabis, alongside the \u003Cstrong>Atrebates\u003C/strong> and the \u003Cstrong>Viromandui\u003C/strong>. The \u003Cstrong>Atuatuci\u003C/strong>, finally, descended by tradition from a Cimbric and Teutonic contingent left behind in Gaul after the great Germanic migration of the previous century, close out this campaign with their brutal submission.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🌊 The west and the south: sea and mountains\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>In Armorica, the \u003Cstrong>Veneti\u003C/strong> dominate maritime trade between Gaul and the island of Britain thanks to a fleet of massive ships built for the Atlantic — an asset that does not save them from Roman hooks in the Gulf of Morbihan. Further north, the \u003Cstrong>Unelli\u003C/strong> and the \u003Cstrong>Lexovii\u003C/strong> join the Armorican revolt under Viridovix’s leadership. In Aquitania, the \u003Cstrong>Sotiates\u003C/strong>, led by Adiatuanus and his bodyguard of \u003Cem>soldurii\u003C/em>, embody a distinct cultural area, more shaped by Iberian influences than the rest of Celtic Gaul — a difference Rome itself will later recognize by administratively distinguishing Aquitania from the rest of Gaul.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key points\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>In his \u003Cem>Commentaries\u003C/em>, Caesar distinguishes three major Gaulish areas: Belgica in the north, Celtica in the centre, Aquitania in the southwest — a division that largely overlaps with this chapter’s campaigns.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The Aedui and the Sequani, rivals at the centre, remain the diplomatic keystone of the whole period, even when the war is fought elsewhere.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The Belgic confederation (Suessiones, Nervii, Atrebates, Viromandui, Atuatuci) forms, in 57 BC, the most organized resistance Caesar has yet faced in Gaul.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The Veneti and the Sotiates show that “Gaul” during this period remains above all a mosaic of distinct worlds, united by geography more than by any shared identity.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"Between the Aedui and the Sequani of the previous chapter, and the Nervii, the Veneti, or the Aquitani of this one, César faces or allies with more than a",1786625710668]