CLA 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Gaul, Quadrans, Orichalcum

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1102
• Professor: Richard Burgess

Document Summary

History: 58 caesar begins the first 5-year command in gaul *important, he"s a commander for 5 years in cis alpine gaul and. In 53, in a city named carrhae, crassus"s army are blocked from their supplies by the parthians: 3 legions are lost under crassus, every legion has a standard. A long pole with a golden eagle with arrows on top: standards are worshipped as religious things. The loss of these 3 standards is worse than the loss of the 3 legions. Each legion has its own name and number: crassus is killed by the parthians in 53. *important: vercingetorix, the last of the great gallic commanders who tries to destroy caesar"s army once and for all. He collects everyone who doesn"t want to surrender to the roman army and makes his own army: caesar"s besieges the city of alesia.