Vercingetorix throws down his arms at the feet of Julius Caesar, 52 BC. After this he was imprisoned in the Tullianum in Rome for five years, before being publicly displayed in Caesar's triumph in 46 BC, after which he was executedin his prison, probably by strangulation. Vercingetorix, c. 82 BC – 46 BC. Chieftain of the Arverni tribe.

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