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Latest comment: 14 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Caesar personally made the rounds amongst his men, telling them that if the scarcity of food was too much, he would lift the siege and withdraw. His soldiers protested, refusing to end a siege in disgrace when they still had to avenge the innocent Romans murdered by the Gauls. There are sevral problemes with this sentce. First as far as I know Ceaser rarly if ever made made rounds with his men. Second why would his soldiers refuse to leave and instead starve. I know the romans had a high sence of honor but still if they were starving and they had a chance to leave why starve. Nhog 5/1/12 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nhog (talk • contribs) 18:36, 1 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

Sources tell us this. De Bello Gallico, Book 7,17. 'praestare omnes perferre acerbitates, quam non civibus Romanis qui Cenabi perfidia Gallorum interissent parentarent.' Probably abit of propaganda, but sources are sources.79.6.240.151 (talk) 10:50, 20 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

Question

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Not that I'm an historian, but I have seen other versions of this story, in which Vercingetorix sent his cavalry off to get reinforcements, and they came back with 250,000 men. However, it was too late, because the Romans had dug in by them and could not be beaten. Sardaka (talk) 11:48, 21 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

POV tag

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I've added the POV tag due to the heavy reliance on Caesar's Commentaries, which is consider a POV source. BilledMammal (talk) 01:44, 21 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Can we rename this article to the Siege of Avaricum?

Latest comment: 9 months ago2 comments1 person in discussion

This article seems to be about the Siege of Avaricum, not about Avaricum itself. Avaricum is already a section of the article about modern day Bourges. LuciusHistoricus (talk) 12:15, 9 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

If no one reacts to this post in the next 7 days, I will asume no one objects and move the page. LuciusHistoricus (talk) 13:45, 31 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

How is the neutrality disputed?

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The article says "The neutrality of this article is disputed", however I see nothing in the talk page complaining about it, nor any signs of bias in the article. ??? Wigwam32 (talk) 04:39, 3 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

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