The three 'C's: notable moments in Rome's history. Calliope (12/1/2007)
...tribes sought to gain control of the area. Three main contenders were the Romans, the Volsci, and the Aedui. In 458 B.C., the Aedui lay siege to the Roman army encamped on Mount Algidus in the Alban Hills to the south of Rome. Minucius...
Vercingetorix and the failure of gallic resistance: John Haywood explains why the tactics adopted by the Gallic leader Vercingetorix to resist Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul played into Roman hands. History Today (9/1/2009)
...stopping the Helvetii in their tracks and driving them back to their homeland with heavy losses. At about the same time, the Aedui, a tribe based between the Saone and Loire rivers and friendly to Rome, appealed to Caesar for his support in a war with their...
A reason to conquer.(Julius Caesar) Calliope (12/1/2006)
...for five years. Helping him obtain such a post were the astute general Pompey and the wealthy financier Crassus. When the Aedui tribe in central Gaul asked Rome for help against the Helvetii (the ancestors of the Swiss), Caesar knew he had his chance...
Another Country: A Season in Archaeology. (book reviews) Antiquity (12/1/1994)
...s blackboard scrawl of: Julius Caesar Was no sort of appeaser; He was prone to ask 'Why do we Keep sending gifts to the Aedui?' with the offer of a bottle of claret for the best historical doggerel produced by the class (worth winning; he keeps good...
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