After the defeat of Vercingetorix, Gallic resistance would never again rise in great force. |
Vercingetorix was one of those who persevere and act in the days of distress just as in the spring-tide of their hopes. |
Du Guesclin and Vercingetorix in particular were, however, a sore trial to them. |
In 52 BC Vercingetorix led a revolt against the Roman occupation but was defeated at the siege of Alesia and surrendered. |
The festival will open with the historical film Vercingetorix, which was shot in Bulgaria. |
Joan of Arc, Roland and Vercingetorix, all hardly known in France before 1870, were rescued from the memory hole by a nation that needed martyrs after the Prussian victory. |