The Gallic Wars and the Land of the Midnight Sun
Rome’s war against the Gallic tribes and the consolidation of Gallic lands led to an uprising among the subjugated Gauls under their leader, Ambiorix, and the later rebellion by Vercingetorix, chief of the Arverni tribe. The final battle of the insurrection took place in the besieged city of Alesia, where Vercingetorix chose to stand his ground and fight rather than flee. Though there were a number of lesser uprisings, this marked the end of the Gallic Wars.
During this war, a number of Gallic tribes simply vanished, assumed destroyed or assimilated into other tribes. Many of these tribes had taken the opportunity to flee while the main Roman force was engaged in Alesia fighting Vercingetorix. They gathered on the island of Britannia with
