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Unit 4: Caesar's Gallic War, Book 7 — Vercingetorix and the Siege of Alesia

AP Latin — Note Packet

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Key Terms

defectio

A ______ or defection from Roman authority; the political framing Caesar uses for the unified rebellion in Book 7.

circumvallatio

The ______ ring of Roman fortifications built around Alesia to contain Vercingetorix and his forces inside the town.

contravallatio

The ______ ring of Roman fortifications at Alesia, built to resist attacks from the Gallic ______ army.

Vercingetorix

Chieftain of the ______ who unified Gallic tribes against Roman rule, pursued a ______ strategy, and surrendered at Alesia in 52 BCE.

commentarii

Caesar's chosen ______ — nominally raw notes for historians, actually a polished literary-political artifact that shaped Roman ______.

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