Bibrax

Bibrax is a Gallic oppidum (fortified settlement). Its position has long been debated, but the oppidum is now almost certainly identified with the site of Saint-Thomas (Aisne).[1][2]

Roman camp with Gallic wall at Saint-Thomas (Aisne).

History

The oppidum, occupied by the Remi and their leader Iccius, was besieged by the Belgae armies during the Battle of the Axona (57 BC). Caesar rescued his allied people, the Remi, by sending Numidian, Cretan and Balearic soldiers to the stronghold.[1]

References

Pichon 2002, p. 78.
Lambot, Bernard; Casagrande, Patrick (1996). "Les Rèmes à la veille de la romanisation. Le Porcien au Ier siècle avant J.-C". Revue archéologique de Picardie. 11 (1): 21–22. doi:10.3406/pica.1996.1885.

Bibliography

Pichon, Blaise (2002). Carte archéologique de la Gaule: 02. Aisne (in French). Les Editions de la MSH. ISBN 978-2-87754-081-0.

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[FOOTNOTEPichon200278-1] Pichon 2002, p. 78.

[2] Lambot, Bernard; Casagrande, Patrick (1996). "Les Rèmes à la veille de la romanisation. Le Porcien au Ier siècle avant J.-C". Revue archéologique de Picardie. 11 (1): 21–22. doi:10.3406/pica.1996.1885.