- Helvetic by Webster's
... a.) Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states.
- Unterwalden by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... region’s inhabitants, the Helvetii. At the turn of the 13th century, the region became dependent on the Austrian Hapsburgs. In 1291, Unterwalden signed a treaty of perpetual alliance with the cantons of Uri and Schwyz, thus forming the Swiss state. The united cantons achieved independence from the Hapsburgs in 1308, and their independence was strengthened by ...
- Bibracte by Madison Hale
Former capital of the Aedui, site atop Mont Beuvray, central France. There Caesar defeated (58 B.C.) the Helvetii (see Gallic Wars ). Excavations on the site have revealed a Gallic town.
- Ariovistus by Trey Carpenter
... Wars ). In 60 B.C. He was made a friend and ally of Rome, but his power threatened the Romans in Gaul, and Julius Caesar, soon after winning the great victory of Bibracte over the Helvetii, undertook a campaign against him. Caesar defeated Ariovistus somewhere in Upper Alsace in 58 B.C.
- Gallic Wars by Francisco Santiago
... . In 58 he drove back the Helvetii from Rome's northwestern frontier, then subdued the Belgic group of Gallic peoples in the north (57), reconquered the Veneti (56), crossed the Rhine River to raid Germany (55), and crossed the English Channel to raid Britain (55, 54). His major triumph was the defeat of Vercingetorix in 52. He described the campaigns in De bello ...