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4 unusual facts about Battle of Agendicum


Battle of Agendicum

After Julius Caesar captured Avaricum, he split his forces in half, and sent 4 legions under the command of Labienus north into the lands of the Senones and Parisii.

Labienus was able to flank the Gauls by crossing the river Seine near the town of Melodunum, (modern-day Melun).

The Battle of Agendicum, also known as the Battle of Lutetia, was a conflict during the Gallic War between the Roman Legion and the native Gauls that occurred near Agendicum (now Sens, France) in 52 BC.

After being halted, Labienus received more bad news in the fact that a new army made up of tribes of the Bellovaci were coming to attack him from the north.



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