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title: Siege of Alesia
author: The Creative Assembly
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2237/siege-of-alesia/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Siege of Alesia

_Authored by The Creative Assembly_

## Image File

[![Siege of Alesia](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2237.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2237.png)

## Image Caption

This is an artistic 3D model of how the [Battle of Alesia](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1734/battle-of-alesia/) may have looked. In this decisive [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) victory (September 52 BCE), [Julius Caesar](https://www.worldhistory.org/Julius_Caesar/) defeated the Arverni leader [Vercingetorix](https://www.worldhistory.org/vercingetorix/), completing the Roman [conquest](https://www.worldhistory.org/warfare/) of [Gaul](https://www.worldhistory.org/gaul/).

#### Editorial Review

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## Cite This Work

### APA
Assembly, T. C. (2014, January 21). Siege of Alesia. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2237/siege-of-alesia/>
### Chicago
Assembly, The Creative. "Siege of Alesia." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 21, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2237/siege-of-alesia/>.
### MLA
Assembly, The Creative. "Siege of Alesia." *World History Encyclopedia*, 21 Jan 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2237/siege-of-alesia/>.

## License & Copyright

![copyright source](/images/partners/totalwar.png)© The Creative Assembly / SEGA. This image from the [Total War](http://www.totalwar.com) game series is republished with permission. Original image by **The Creative Assembly**. Submitted by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/ "User Page: Jan van der Crabben"), published on 21 January 2014. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Copyright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright). You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.