Vesontio
Place
Gallic War 1.38 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “When he had proceeded three days' journey, word was brought to him that Ariovistus was hastening with all his forces to seize on Vesontio , which is the largest town of the Sequani, and had advanced three days' journey from its territories. …”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Gallic War 1.38
Caesar
When he had proceeded three days' journey, word was brought to him that Ariovistus was hastening with all his forces to seize on Vesontio , which is the largest town of the Sequani, and had advanced three days' journey from its territories. …
Gallic War 1.39
Caesar
While he is tarrying a few days at Vesontio , on account of corn and provisions; from the inquiries of our men and the reports of the Gauls and traders (who asserted that the Germans were men of huge stature, of incredible valor and practice in arms-that oftentimes they, on encountering them, could not bear even their countenance, and the fierceness of their eyes)-so great a panic on a sudden seized the whole army, as to discompose the minds and spirits of all in no slight degree. …
Geographical record
Pleiades representative point · precise
Vesontion (modern Besançon) is first mentioned by Caesar in his commentaries ca. 58 BC. It is situated on a tributary of the Saône river.
Pleiades 177657 · CC BY 3.0 · Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 18 D2 Vesontio