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what river were the Helvetii initially attempting to migrate across |
Rhone |
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how long was the wall that Caesar built to stop the river crossing? it stretched from where to where? |
19 miles, Lake Genava to Mount Jura |
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the Helvetii were blocked by the Romans and so tried to go another route, through who's territory?
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sequani
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the Helvetians asked the Dumnorix and Aeduans for permission to enter the Sequani territory because |
they were not friendly with the Sequani but the Aedui was, and Dumnorix was friendly to the Helvetians |
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the Helvetii intended to march through the Sequani and Aedui territory into the |
Santones, near Tolosates |
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he appointed his lieutenant to control his wall while he pursued the Helvetians |
Titus Labienus |
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Caesar gathered an army and followed the Helvetians into Santones through the what mountains? |
the alps
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what tribes were Caesar attacked by at the alps? |
the Centrones, the Graioceli, Caturiges |
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which tribes asked Caesar for protection against the Helvetii as they led a migratory rampage through their fields |
the aedui, ambarri, and allobroges (3 a's) |
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why did Dumnorix convince the aedui to convince the sequani let the Helvetians through their territory |
because he was eager for a revolution and wanted to make as many allies as possible in preparation for that |
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all cantones except one of the Helvetii had managed to cross what river when Caesar attacked them |
the Saone |
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what helvetian canon did caesar first defeat? and why was this ironic? |
the Tigurine, they had killed Lucius Cassius |
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the helvetii sent who to negotiate with caesar after their initial loss to his suprise attack |
divico |
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the helvetii's inital negotiation asks the romans to make peace in return for |
they would go to their destination and follow caesar's orders from there
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caesar rejects the helvetians initial proposal for peace because |
he cannot forget their past injuries against them, and even if he did they had disobeyed orders and harassed other tribes |
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the helvetii moved and caesar followed but their _________ men calvary got entangled in a battle with the rear of the helvetian forces, about _____ calvary and lost. |
4,000 500 |
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why couldn't caesar get the supplies he needed? from whom? |
the aedui; the fields were not ripe and there was not enough in storage |
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who were the two aeduan chiefs with the romans who were called to deal with the corn shortage |
Diviciacus and Liscus |
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what did liscus first admit to caesar, after being reprimanded for the corn shortage? |
that certain powerful men were preventing the grain from being distributed, they being of the opinion that it would be better to be conquered by gallic tribes then to be under the control of romans |
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liscus eventually reveals who was behind the aedui's resistance to caesar |
dumnorix |
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diviciacus is the brother of |
dumnorix |
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caesar wanted to punish dumnorix but didnt want to hurt diviciacus' feelings, so he |
asked diviciacus to punish dumnorix or ask the aeduan state to do so |
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who is caesar's most trusted friend and chief of the province of gaul |
Gaius Valerius Procillus |
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diviciacus cried and begged caesar not to be too harsh on his brother, so did caesar forgive them? |
yes he pardoned both of them, giving them a warning |
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what additional measures did caesar take to keep tabs on dumnorix's behavior after caesar had forgiven him? |
he set spies on him |
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caesar's second to last clash with the helvetii occurs at what geographic landmark |
a mountain |
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who does caesar send ahead to scout the mountain, to make sure that it was not taken by helvetians |
lieu. Titus Labienus |
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what was Labienus' mistake |
he thought the mountain was occupied by gauls when it actually wasn't, putting off caesar's battle plans |
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caesar changed his course to fetch supplies at which aeduan city |
bibracte |
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during the last battle with the helvetii, they begin to flee because |
they are tired and wounded from roman javelins |
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the helvetii stop their flight to continue the battle because of reinforcements from who |
the Boii and Tulingi |
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about how many remained alive after the battle |
130,000 |
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who won the battle |
caesar |
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where did the 130,000 helvetian survivors flee to |
the Lingones |
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the Helvetii surrendered but what canton escaped? how many men |
the verbigene, 6,000 |
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caesar does what to the remaining helvetii? what does he do to the captures escapees |
he sends the helvetii home and treated the others as enemies
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which tribes are ordered hom |
the helvetii, the tulingi, the latobrigi |
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what does caesar order the allobroges to provide |
grain, to rebuild cities |
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why does he do this |
to prevent german tribes from settling there, closer to the procinve |
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caesar allowed what tribe to settle with the aedui |
the boii |
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uh oh. caesar calculated 386,000 total migrants, of which 92,000 could bear arms- but how many returned home |
110,000 |
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after caesar's victory, what do the ambassadors of gallic states request of him |
a meeting to discuss general concerns |
