Alésia (English spelling)

Japanese: アレジア(英語表記)Alésia
Alésia (English spelling)
The name of the battlefield where the Roman army won a decisive victory in 52 BC during Caesar's Gallic expedition. The ancient name was Alesia. There have been various theories about the location since the early 19th century, and the debate was fierce around 1870, but the most likely location is Alise-Sainte-Reine in the Côte d'Or department in central-eastern France, where an inscription bearing the name Alisiia was excavated in 1837. It was one of the centers of bronze manufacturing, facing the Celtic "Tin Road." The Gallic general Vercingetorix, leading an army of 80,000 men, held out stubborn resistance for seven months, but was defeated by Caesar, taken prisoner, and executed in Rome.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
前52年カエサルの率いるガリア遠征のローマ軍が決定的勝利を得た戦場名。古代名アレシアAlesia。場所に関しては19世紀初頭より諸説があり論争は1870年ころ激しかったが,1837年Alisiiaと記された碑文の発掘されたフランス中東部コート・ドール県のアリズ・サント・レーヌが有力である。ケルト民族の〈錫の道〉に面し青銅器製造の中心地の一つであった。8万の軍を率いるガリアの武将ウェルキンゲトリクスが7ヵ月籠城し頑強に抵抗したが,ここでカエサルに敗れ,捕虜となってローマで刑死した。

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