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Bibracte , former capital of the Aedui , site atop Mont Beuvray, central France. There Caesar defeated (58 BC) the Helvetii (see Gallic Wars ). Excavations on the site have revealed a Gallic town.

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Bibracte. Important Gaulish archaeological site in eastern central France. At the time of the Roman conquest (52 BC), Bibracte was a fortified city high (2500 feet) on Mt Beuvray, near the modern town of Autun. Described in the histories of Julius Caesar and defended by Vercingetorix, Bibracte was first excavated in the 19th century. Five separate digs begun in the 1980s revealed thousands of domestic artefacts that argued for a more complex and sophisticated civilization in early Gaul than previous records had implied.

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