Bibrax
Bibrax was a Remer town in Gaul , Belgium , mentioned in Caesars De bello Gallico .
It was eight miles (12 km) from a camp on the Aisne that Caesar had set up. It is either identical to today's Vieux-Laon or Camp de Saint-Thomas ( Aisne department ).
According to Caesar, Bibrax was founded in 57 BC. Besieged by the Belgians . When Caesar sent help to the Remern , the Belgians withdrew after devastating the area and were later defeated by Caesar.
Web links
- Max Him : Bibrax . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 425.
- Entry with Georges
- Bibrax . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 2 . Altenburg 1857, p. 743 ( zeno.org ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Caesar: De Bello Gallico, second book, chapter 6 , Latin original
- ^ Yves Lafond: Bibrax. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X . ( online )
- ↑ http://www.zeno.org/Geschichte/M/Delbr%C3%BCck,+Hans/Geschichte+der+Kriegskunst/1.+Teil.+Das+Altertum/7.+Buch.+C%C3% A4sar / Chapter 4. + The + submission + of the Belgians? Hl = bibrax