place
Avaricum
The chief town of the Bituriges (modern Bourges), spared from the scorched-earth and stormed by Caesar after a long siege; its garrison massacred.
Reading notes
- De Bello Gallico §7.13.3 Avaricum
The chief town of the Bituriges (modern Bourges), spared from the scorched-earth and stormed by Caesar after a long siege; its garrison massacred.