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One historian claimed that people from this region descended from the underworld god Dis (“dees”) and thus emphasized night more than day. (20[2])Aurelian claimed the title Restitutor Orbis after defeating a splinter state (20[1])in this (20[2])region (20[1])led (20[2])by Postumus. A king (20[1])from this (20[1])region (20[3])threw his sword on scales (20[1])and (20[1])declared (20[2])“vae victis” (20[1])(“WHY WICK-tees”) after winning the Battle of the (*) Allia. Aulus Hirtius (10[4])partially authored a series of works (10[1])that describes campaigns against (10[1])this region’s (10[1])Helvetii tribe. (10[3])Brennus (10[1])was from (10[1])this region, where one commander used contravallation to defeat Vercingetorix (“ver-sin-GEH-tuh-ricks”) at the (10[1])Siege of Alesia. For 10 points, Julius (10[1])Caesar wrote a set of commentaries (10[1])on his campaigns in what (10[1])Roman province, which encompasses much of modern France? ■END■ (10[2])

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