The location of the final battle between …
Years: 63BCE - 63BCE
The location of the final battle between the Aedui and their enemies, which Caesar names as the Battle of Magetobriga, remains unknown, but Ariovistus’ fifteen thousand men turn the tide, and the Aedui become tributary to the Sequani.
Cicero will write in 60 BCE of a defeat sustained by the Aedui, perhaps in reference to this battle.
Ariovistus seizes a third of the Aeduan territory, settling one hundred and twenty thousand Germans there.
In order to avoid infringing on his allies for the moment, Ariovistus must have passed over the low divide between the Rhine and the Doubs in the vicinity of Belfort and then have approached the Aedui along the Ognon river valley.
That move leaves the Sequani between him and the Jura mountains, not a tolerable situation for either if they are not going to be allies.
Ariovistus makes the decision to clear out the Sequani from the strategic Doubs valley and repopulate it with Germanic settlers.
He demands a further third of Celtic land for his allies the Harudes.
Caesar makes it clear that Germanic tribes are actually in the land of the Sequani and are terrorizing them.
They are said to have controlled all the oppida, but this statement is not entirely true, as Vesontio is not under Germanic control.
Presumably, the country to the north of there is under Germanic control.
By the end of the campaign, the non-client Suebi, under the leadership of Ariovistus, stand triumphant over both the Aedui and their co-conspirators.
Rome, fearing another mass migration akin to the devastating Cimbrian War, and now keenly invested in the defense of Gaul, will be drawn irrevocably into war.
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Years: 63BCE - 63BCE
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