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Theatre | Caesar | Caesar | Gallia/Gaul | Celts | Oppidum
Oppidum of the Mandubii in Gallia Celtica, today Alise-Sainte-Reine (Côte-d'Or). A. took up a plateau of c. 80 hectares with remarkable natural protection on Mont Auxois (Mons Alisiensis). In 52 BC Vercingetorix was besieged here by Caesar and despite the intervention of relief troops had to capitulate (Caes. B Gall. 7,68-90). A. continued to exist as a Gallo-Roman centre during the middle imperial period thanks to its relig…