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Conflict Europe

Gallic Wars

58 BCE – 50 BCE · 8 years

Caesar's eight-year campaign to conquer Gaul — a war that made him the richest man in Rome, gave him a battle-hardened army, and set the stage for civil war.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Roman Republic
  • Gallic tribes

Key moments

Defining events in the Gallic Wars.

  1. 58 BC Bibracte
  2. 52 BC Alesia
  3. 52 BC Gergovia

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Saami

Attested 1500 BCE – 700 CE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · Europe

Roman–Numidian Wars

206 BCE – 46 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Roman Republic

508 BCE – 26 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Rome

508 BCE – 26 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 58 BCE and 50 BCE.

57 BCE Gyeongju Historic Areas 53 BCE Roman–Parthian Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Gyeongju Historic Areas Landmark · East Asia 57 BCE – 935 CE Silla Polity · East Asia 56 BCE – 900 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Roman–Parthian Wars Conflict · Middle East 53 BCE – 217 CE Cicero Figure · Rome 106 BCE – 43 BCE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing
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