Vercingetorix

American  

[vur-sin-jet-uh-riks, -get-] / ˌvɜr sɪnˈdʒɛt ə rɪks, -ˈgɛt- /

noun

1. died 45? b.c., Gallic chieftain conquered by Caesar.

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Vercingetorix British  

/ ˌvɜːsɪnˈdʒɛtərɪks /

noun

1. died ?45 _bc , Gallic chieftain and hero, executed for leading a revolt against the Romans under Julius Caesar (52 _bc )

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Vercingetorix

One facade is guarded by three gangly giants, Caesar, Archimedes and the Gallic chief Vercingetorix.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2016

It had grown to twenty when the gods were thanked for the victory over Vercingetorix.

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Anthony Trollope

Vercingetorix had 70,000 men in Alesia, and the Gallic army without consisted of between 250,000 and 300,000 men.

From A Smaller History of Rome by Sir William Smith

Whereupon, as Strabo writes in his 4th Book, they made War against Cæsar with Four hundred thousand Men under the Conduct of their General Vercingetorix.

From Franco-Gallia Or, An Account of the Ancient Free State of France, and Most Other Parts of Europe, Before the Loss of Their Liberties by François Hotman

And three centuries earlier Ottokar and his flaunting chivalry go down before the charge of Rudolf of Hapsburg, like Vercingetorix before Caius Julius.

From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by J. A. (John Adam) Cramb

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