Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index History -- Military history -- List of battles The Battle of Alesia (52 BC) was the turning event of the Gallic Wars, which marked the last major engagement between Gaulish and Roman armies. Julius Caesar defeated Vercingetorix after a siege of several months, which is often cited as an example of the Romans' skill in siege warfare. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.