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Battle of Alesia

BelligerentsRoman RepublicGallic confederationCommanders and leadersJulius CaesarTitus LabienusMark AntonyGaius TreboniusDecimus BrutusGaius FabiusVercingetorixVercassivellaunosSedullos†CommiusMediomatriciUnits involvedLegions:Legio ILegio VLegio VIILegio VIIILegio IXLegio XLegio XILegio XIILegio XIIILegio XIVLegio XVAuxiliary:Light infantryGermanic cavalryAllied forces:Allied cavalryContingents of warriors of the:ArverniMandubiiSenonesCarnutesParisiiPictonesTuronesAulerciLemovicesAndecaviRhedonesBiturigesBellovaciSuessionesAmbianiAeduiTreveriNerviiAtrebatesVeliocassesViromanduiPetrocoriiCadurciGabaliVellaviHelviiBoiiSegusiaviStrength10–11 legions (30–50,000 legionaries)10,000 auxiliaries 60,000–75,000 approx. total Romans and allies 328,000–470,000 total (ancient sources)80,000–170,000 besieged248,000–300,000 relief forces<70,000–180,000 total (modern est.)20,000–80,000 besieged50,000–100,000 relief forcesCasualties and losses 12,800 killed and wounded 290,000 (Caesar, exaggerated)250,000 killed40,000 capturedThe Battle of Alesia or Siege of Alesia (September 52 BC) was the climactic military engagement of the Gallic Wars, fought around the Gallicoppidum (fortified settlement) of Alesia in modern France, a major centre of the Mandubii tribe.

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