Battle of the Armançon
| date | Late summer 52 BC Chr. |
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| place | Armançon , Cote-d'Or |
| output | Victory of the Romans |
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Gallic coalition |
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Gaius Iulius Caesar
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The Battle of the Armançon was an equestrian battle between Gaius Iulius Caesar's Germanic cavalry and that of Vercingetorix in the late summer of 52 BC. BC on the Armançon river in the course of the Gallic uprising under Vercingetorix.
prehistory
After his defeat at Gergovia , Caesar marched north into the land of the Senones to unite with Titus Labienus and the rest of the army. The two armies met at Avrolles, southeast of Sens . Vercingetorix had followed Caesar for a while, but then turned east towards Bibracte . Since Caesar no longer had a cavalry available with the defection of his last Gallic allies, he was preparing to hire Germanic mercenaries on horseback. The Roman army now moved south-east along the Armançon River. Vercingetorix approached the Romans from the south within 15 km.
Course of the battle
Vercingetorix had three camps built for the night. When the Romans resumed their march the next morning, a group of Gallic horsemen approached from each of the Gallic camps. While two of the groups each formed a battle line, the other began to hinder the Roman vanguard. Caesar then divided his cavalry into three parts and let them advance against the Gauls. The legions took the Roman train into the middle. There was fighting on both sides of the river - the Gallic cavalry had advanced on both sides of the river - until the Germanic horsemen were finally able to drive the enemy back on the Roman right. In order not to be encircled by the Romans, Vercingetorix retreated 14 km to Alesia .
literature
- Christian Goudineau, Vincent Guichard, Michel Reddé, Susanne Sievers, Henry Soulhol: Caesar and Vercingetorix . Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-8053-2629-7 .