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ALESIA  , the

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ancient name for a
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hill in central
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France, now Alise-Ste-Reine (
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department Cote d'Or), where in 52 B.C .
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Caesar besieged the Gaulish
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national
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leader Vercingetorix within enormous entrenchments, forced him to surrender, and thus practically ended his
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conquest of
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Gaul . The
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siege-
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works have been excavated by
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Napoleon III. and others, down to the
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present
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day . The site seems to have been inhabited also during the
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Roman
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empire, but its importance is limited to Caesar's siege .

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