ELD4851570: War of the Gauls: “” Jules Cesar preparing the siege of Alesia in 52 BC””” The decisive battle between the army of Jules Cesar and that of Vercingetorix on the site of the present Alise-Sainte-Reine (Alise Sainte Reine)” (Conquest of Gaul, preparation of the battle of Alesia, 52 BC, fought by an army of the Roman Republic commanded by Julius Esar, against a confederation of Gallic tribes united under the leadership of Vercingetorix of the Arverni) Illustration by Raymond Delamarre (1890-1986) from “La-Petite-Histoire-de-la-France” by Brunhes, 1951 Private collection, Delamarre, Raymond (1890-1986) / Bridgeman Images