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Map Description
Historical Map of Caesar's
Campaign in Gaul - Alesia and
Vicinity
Illustrating
Map:
The Siege of Alesia 52 BC
- Roman Camps
- Contravallation
- Circumvallation
- Stimuli, Lilia & Cippi
Graph:
Roman Field Fortifications
- Material from the ditches
- Turf Walls
- Log Corduroy below rampart
- Interior of Camp
- Cervi (Stags) = Branches projecting horizontally from a wall
- Cippi (Tombstones) = Tree branches partly buried in trenches
- Lilia (Lilies) = Sharp stakes in a small pit
- Stimuli (Goads) = Barbed hooks in the ground
See also:
Defense System at the Antonine Wall
Credits
Courtesy of the United States
Military Academy Department of History.
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