Gallo-Roman fortifications reconstructed by Michel Desvigne, including 100m of barriers preceded by open ground, watchtowers, defensive towers, ditches, embankments, ramparts, siege weapons, palisades and spiked traps, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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