Gallic Wars
Date58–50 BC
Location
Gaul (present-day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland, and northern Italy)
ResultDecisive Roman victory
Territorial
changes
Roman Republic annexes Gaul
Gaul becomes a Roman province
Belligerents
Roman RepublicGauls:
Allobroges
Arverni
Atrebates
Bituriges
Caletes
Eburones
Helvetii
Menapii
Morini
Nervii
Nantuates
Remi
Seduni
Sequani
Sotiates
Suessiones
Veliocasses
Veneti
Veragri
Viromandui
other
Germanic:
Aduatuci
Harudes
Marcomanni
Triboci
Vangiones
Nemetes
Sicambri
Suebi
Tencteri
Ubii
Usipetes
Britons and Aquitanian tribes as well as portions of Iberian tribesmen
Commanders and leaders
Gaius Julius Caesar
Titus Labienus
Mark Antony
Quintus Tullius Cicero
Publius Licinius Crassus
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus
Servius Sulpicius Galba
Vercingetorix
Ambiorix
Indutiomarus
Commius
Ariovistus
Cassivellaunus
Strength
120,000:
60,000 legionaries
60,000 auxiliaries
4,000,000
Casualties and losses
30,000+ killed,
10,000+ wounded
Plutarch and Appian:
1,000,000 Celts killed in hand-to-hand combat
1,000,000+ Celts enslaved
430,000 Germans killed (Julius Caesar)
800 towns destroyed
Caesar would also raid Britannia and Germania, but these expeditions never developed into full-scale invasions.
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