siege of the Aduatuci stronghold

E768343

The siege of the Aduatuci stronghold was a Roman military operation in 57 BC during Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars, in which his legions besieged and captured the fortified settlement of the Aduatuci in present-day Belgium.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
siege of the Aduatuci stronghold canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Gallic Wars
military siege
belligerent Aduatuci
Roman Republic
campaignObjective subjugation of the Aduatuci
combatant1 Roman legions under Julius Caesar
combatant2 Aduatuci tribe
linked to: Aduatuci
commander Julius Caesar
conflictType siege
date 57 BC
describedIn Commentarii de Bello Gallico
linked to: Gallic Wars
followedBy further Roman consolidation in Belgic Gaul
geographicalContext Low Countries
historicalPeriod late Roman Republic
linked to: Late Roman Republic
involvedForce Roman engineering corps
location Aduatuci stronghold
present-day Belgium
notableAspect Roman capture of a fortified tribal stronghold
opponentType Celtic tribe
opposingCommander Aduatuci leadership
outcome capture of the Aduatuci stronghold by Roman forces
partOf Caesar's campaigns in 57 BC
Gallic Wars
precededBy Roman campaigns against the Belgae
primarySourceAuthor Julius Caesar
region Gallia Belgica
result Roman victory
tacticUsed encirclement
siege works
year 57 BC

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Sabis followedBy siege of the Aduatuci stronghold