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Switzerland

1 civilisation, 1 war

Civilisations whose heartland lies in today's Switzerland, and wars fought on its land or by its peoples.

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500 BCE1 CE

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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

    against
    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.

    At the same time here: Celtic Iron Age