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ALESIA , the See also:ancient name for a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill in central See also:France, now Alise-Ste-Reine (See also:department Cote d'Or), where in 52 B.C. See also:Caesar besieged the Gaulish See also:national See also:leader Vercingetorix within enormous entrenchments, forced him to surrender, and thus practically ended his See also:conquest of See also:Gaul. The See also:siege-See also:works have been excavated by See also:Napoleon III. and others, down to the See also:present See also:day. The site seems to have been inhabited also during the See also:Roman See also:empire, but its importance is limited to Caesar's siege.
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