Events Tagged: "oppidum"

Entremont becomes major oppidum - Saluvii Celts control trade routes between Massalia and interior, stone sculpture shows severed heads cult

Manching oppidum reaches peak - 380 hectare Celtic city, 5,000-10,000 inhabitants, major trade center with specialized crafts

Bibracte becomes major oppidum - fortified Celtic town, 5000-10000 inhabitants, trade center

Cenabum massacre starts Gallic rebellion - Carnutes kill Roman merchants, signal for general uprising under Vercingetorix

Siege of Avaricum - Caesar kills 40,000 inhabitants of Celtic oppidum, only 800 escape, Vercingetorix had advised abandoning it