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What does Vercingetorix mean?

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Proper noun
  1. 72 BCE–46 BCE, the chieftain of the Arverni, leader of the great Gallic revolt against the Romans in 53–52 BCE.
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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.

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