Rome - Caesar's Gallic Wars Quiz

At the end of his consulship, Caesar was granted governorship of Illyricum, as well as two Gaulic provinces (name one)

The Gallic Wars arguably started when Caesar confronted this migrating tribe

The German king who crossed into Gaul and threatened Rome's allies

The king insisted that he and Caesar meet accompanied only by ______, earning one of Caesar's legions an ironic name

A coalition of tribes from this ethnic group, for which a country is named today

After the coalition disbanded, Caesar followed but was almost defeated by this tribe...

...at the Battle of the ______

Caesar created a fleet of ships to defeat this seafaring tribe in a naval battle

Caesar became the first Roman general to cross this river in 55 BC

He also became the first general to cross this larger body of water in the same year

Despite two invasion attempts, Rome wouldn't conquer this island until almost a hundred years after Caesar's death

This leader of the Eburones tricked and massacred an entire Roman legion

Other tribes joined the revolt and attacked a legion led by the brother of this famous politician

This king of the Arveni became the leader of a great Gaulic coalition

He used this strategy of attrition named after a Roman dictator

He abandoned most Gaulic cities and took refuge inside this stronghold

After the city was lost, he withdrew to this capital of the Arveni and defeated the Roman army

The Gaulic coalition was finally defeated at the siege of this city

Caesar's army built two of these during the siege

The Gaulic general was held prisoner for six years until being executed at this celebration for Caesar