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2 wars

Wars fought on the land of today's Belgium or by its peoples.

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  1. War

    Gallic Wars
    Rome and its allies

    Ancient Rome, Gallic peoples allied with Rome, among them the Remi and, until 52 BCE, the Aedui, and Germanic horsemen hired by Caesar

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    Gallic, Germanic and British peoples who fought Caesar

    Helvetii and their allies (58 BCE), Suebi under Ariovistus (58 BCE), Belgic peoples, among them the Nervii and the Eburones, Veneti and other peoples of Armorica, Britons under Cassivellaunus (54 BCE), and Arverni and the Gallic coalition led by Vercingetorix (52 BCE)

    Rome held all of Gaul up to the Rhine; Caesar withdrew most of his troops in 50 BCE as civil war loomed, and Gaul was organised into Roman provinces in 27 BCE.

  2. War

    Korean War
    North Korea, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and the Soviet Union

    North Korea, Chinese People's Volunteer Army, and Soviet Union

    An armistice, not a peace treaty, ended the fighting on 27 July 1953, with the front line close to the 38th parallel; Korea stayed divided.