Vercingetorix - "The besieger has become the besieged! You are doomed!"
Caesar - "Hold thou my beer and watch this."
Three weeks to build a wall eleven miles long and 12 feet high. President Trump, please take note.
Unbelievable!! “About 11 MILES of 13 FOOT high fortifications were constructed in THREE WEEKS” in 52 AD.
And we can’t do jack sh!t in YEARS on our southern border. What a pathetic commentary.
Reminds me of the Tenth Legion at Madada. Subtlety was not their strong suit.
Why did the celts hole up in place called Alesia? It was the most prominent place in the druid’s sacred geometry. In fact most of the places where the celts battled the romans were important places in their sacred geometry. The geometry didn’t help their cause.
The celts were much more of a civilization than Caesar gave them credit for. After all, traveled quickly through gaul on their roads.
There’s a book out now by Graham Robb called “The discovery of middle earth” which does a good job of telling the celts story. apparently they were a mixture of an older people in the land and some new arrivals carrying greek mythology science and culture about 600 BC.
The Romans were grossed out by the Celts human sacrifice practices and they were appalled by Caesar extermination of much of the celtic population in Gaul.
I understood the history. Less so the geometry.
Greatest battle involving a siege in history
