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4 unusual facts about Battle of Agendicum


Battle of Agendicum

After Julius Caesar captured Avaricum, he split his forces in half, and sent 4 legions under the command of Labienus north into the lands of the Senones and Parisii.

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Labienus was able to flank the Gauls by crossing the river Seine near the town of Melodunum, (modern-day Melun).

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The Battle of Agendicum, also known as the Battle of Lutetia, was a conflict during the Gallic War between the Roman Legion and the native Gauls that occurred near Agendicum (now Sens, France) in 52 BC.

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After being halted, Labienus received more bad news in the fact that a new army made up of tribes of the Bellovaci were coming to attack him from the north.



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