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Explanation: During the Siege of Alesia, Julius Caesar encircled the Gallic king Vercingetorix, and built a wall around the town of Alesia to hem him in and prevent him from escaping. However, Caesar was made aware of a massive Gallic army coming to break the siege. Rather than lifting the siege, Caesar opted to build ANOTHER wall - this one to protect his troops from the Gallic army in the countryside. This left the Romans nestled in a little strip between the two forces, relying on their supplies to wait out both the forces in Alesia, and the massive army outside that couldn't sustain itself on the countryside

Main thing to remember with this story is that its Ceaser's own account of what happened, written specifically to mythologize himself. It's guaranteed that he's lying, it's guerenteed that it didnt happen like this. The only real question is whether he's lying because it was a much harder fight and he wants to seem stronger, or whether it was a much easier fight and he wants his opponent to seem stronger.

Edit: apologies for the hasty, under-researched comment. I went into a momentary anti-roman fugue state.

We do not talk about Alesia.