The took place in
52 BC at
Gergovia (modern Gergovie),
France The battle was fought between a
Roman Republic army, led by
Proconsul Julius Caesar , and
Gallic forces led by
Vercingetorix . The Gauls won the battle.
Gergovia was the chief town of the
Arverni , and was situated on a hill in
Auvergne , about eight miles from the
Puy De Dome . Some walls and earthworks seem still to survive from this period. Later, when Gaul had been subdued, the place was dismantled and its Gaulish inhabitants resettled four miles away in the plain at the new Roman city of ''Augustonemetum'' (modern
Clermont-Ferrand ). An over-zealous attack on Gergovia's defenses led to the death of 46 centurions and 700 others on the Roman side.
