Vercingetorix
Americannoun
noun
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One facade is guarded by three gangly giants, Caesar, Archimedes and the Gallic chief Vercingetorix.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2016
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
He prevented Vercingetorix from breaking through the lines, entirely routed the Gallic army without, and finally compelled Alesia to surrender.
From A Smaller History of Rome by Sir William Smith
It was there that, at the voice of Vercingetorix, the Chief of the Hundred Valleys, the people first rose in arms against the Romans.
From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue
We should have a different idea of Cæsar if Vercingetorix had written his Commentaries.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Gustave Flaubert
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