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273 BC.
273 BC
The Sequani Alliance marched towards the Aedui lands were their reinforced army of twenty five thousands encountered another thirty thousands Aedui alliance army. The two armies fought a set piece of a battle, with neither side able to make much impression on the other, the usual thing in ancient battles unless one side began to break. At night they drew off by a kind of mutual agreement.The second day the plain field saved the Sequani alliance army. When the Allobroges began to broke their lines the heavy use of artillery by the nearby Massaliot tagma saved the day.The battle ended in stalemate with heavy losses on both sides..The Aedui alliance lost twelve thousand man and the Sequani alliance more than ten thousands. Finally after some more small engagements the war ended in the current status quo. In the Venetii -Pictones war after the fall of Corbilo, the Pictones invaded the Averni lands. Given the highly defendable nature of the Veneti strongholds, land attacks were frustrated by the incoming tide, and naval forces were left trapped on the rocks when the tide ebbed. Despite this, Pictones spend all year trying to siege Venetii strongholds.
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The Sequani Alliance marched towards the Aedui lands were their reinforced army of twenty five thousands encountered another thirty thousands Aedui alliance army. The two armies fought a set piece of a battle, with neither side able to make much impression on the other, the usual thing in ancient battles unless one side began to break. At night they drew off by a kind of mutual agreement.The second day the plain field saved the Sequani alliance army. When the Allobroges began to broke their lines the heavy use of artillery by the nearby Massaliot tagma saved the day.The battle ended in stalemate with heavy losses on both sides..The Aedui alliance lost twelve thousand man and the Sequani alliance more than ten thousands. Finally after some more small engagements the war ended in the current status quo. In the Venetii -Pictones war after the fall of Corbilo, the Pictones invaded the Averni lands. Given the highly defendable nature of the Veneti strongholds, land attacks were frustrated by the incoming tide, and naval forces were left trapped on the rocks when the tide ebbed. Despite this, Pictones spend all year trying to siege Venetii strongholds.
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Egypt
- Impressed by Rome's defeat of Pyrrhus, Ptolemy II sends a rather friendly embassy. The visit is reciprocated.
- Most of Sicilia is again under Carthage control.
- Sersor
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