chiefdom · France and the Low Countries

Mandubii

300 BCE – 52 BCE (approx.) · capital Alesia

Small Gallic people of Burgundy whose hilltop town Alesia was the scene of Vercingetorix's last stand against Caesar in 52 BCE.

Origins

The Mandubii lived in the Auxois district of northern Burgundy, between the Aedui, Lingones and Sequani, and were probably clients of the Aedui. Their oppidum Alesia stood on Mont Auxois, above modern Alise-Sainte-Reine.

Rule and society

Almost nothing is known of their society before the siege that made their town famous.

Decline and legacy

In 52 BCE Vercingetorix took refuge in Alesia, and Caesar surrounded it with double lines of siege works. To save food, the defenders expelled the Mandubii with their wives and children, but Caesar would not let them pass, and they were left to starve between the lines. After the surrender Alesia lived on as a Gallo-Roman town.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mandubii. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/mandubii
MLA
“Mandubii.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/mandubii. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Mandubii.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/mandubii.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Mandubii’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/mandubii (Accessed: ).

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