The Battle of Gergovia took place in 52 BC in Gaul at Gergovia, the chief town of the Arverni.This site is identified with Merdogne, now called Gergovie, a village located on a hill in the Auvergne, near modern Clermont-Ferrand, France. There, some walls and earthworks still survive from the pre-Roman Iron Age. The battle was fought between a Roman Republic army, led by proconsul Julius Caesar, and Gallic forces led by Vercingetorix. The Gauls won the battle. Prelude Vercingetorix had earlier been expelled from GergoviaDe Bello Gallico, 7.4, and Caesar had settled the Boii in the town after defeating them in the Helvetian War, as subordinates to the loyally pro-Roman Aedui. In winter 53, whilst Caesar was gathering his forces as quickly as possible for a strike against the Gauls led by Vercingetorix but Vercingetorix decided to attack Gergovia.De Bello Gallico, 7.9 Caesar states that this left him a difficult decision, between keeping his forces safe over the winter but showing R

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