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Reference Maps on Gaius Julius Caesar, who lived 100-44 BC

Map of Gaul in the Time of Caesar

Map of Asia Minor before the outbreak of the Mithradatic Wars, 90 BC

Map of Asia Minor in 63 BC

Map of Caesar's Campaign Against the Helvetii, 58 BC

Map of Caesar's Campaign Against the Belgae, 57 BC - The Battle at Mulhouse (Muelhausen)

Map of the Battle of the Sambre, 57 BC

Map of Caesar's Campaign in Gaul: From Gergovia to Alesia, 52 BC

Map of the Siege of Alesia, 52 BC

Map of the Roman Civil War, 49-45 BC

Map of the Moves to Pharsalus, 48 BC

Map of the Battle of Pharsalus, 48 BC

Map of Republican Rome around 40 BC

Map of Alexandria, 30 BC

Map of the Forum Romanum - Republican and Imperial

 


Map Description
Historical Map of Caesar's Campaign in Gaul - Alesia and Vicinity

Illustrating

Map:
The Siege of Alesia 52 BC
- Roman Camps
- Contravallation
- Circumvallation
- Stimuli, Lilia & Cippi

Graph:
Roman Field Fortifications
- Material from the ditches
- Turf Walls
- Log Corduroy below rampart
- Interior of Camp
- Cervi (Stags) = Branches projecting horizontally from a wall
- Cippi (Tombstones) = Tree branches partly buried in trenches
- Lilia (Lilies) = Sharp stakes in a small pit
- Stimuli (Goads) = Barbed hooks in the ground

See also:
Defense System at the Antonine Wall


Credits
Courtesy of the United States Military Academy Department of History.


Related Maps
Map of the European Provinces of the Roman Empire


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Map of the Siege of Alesia 52 BC



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