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Constant_Count_9497 t1_j7cw5ge wrote

Reply to comment by ThoDanII in Was it a good Idea for vercingetorix to take refuge with his army in Alesia in 52bc? by thereasonyousuffer

While I agree is best to be skeptical about army numbers, given what historians project as the entire population of pre Roman Gaul (being around 5 million people) those numbers are fairly reasonable

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ThoDanII t1_j7d08v5 wrote

In total maybe as one army without starving to death not really

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Constant_Count_9497 t1_j7d14u9 wrote

I think you underestimate the technology and structure of ancient cities

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ThoDanII t1_j7d1yo3 wrote

after a while Vercingetorix forced the noncombatants to leave the city because he run out of food.

AFAIK the died in the no mans land

I meant armies in the field outside of waterways logistic was limited to drawn carts or waggons, the draft animals need to eat

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stsk1290 t1_j7jyzuw wrote

There were over 500,000 soldiers at Leipzig; they also needed food and were relying on carts and wagons.

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ThoDanII t1_j7k5p26 wrote

And they did not march as one army on one road

The different armies itself had been divided into corps

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stsk1290 t1_j7kix6s wrote

Did anybody claim that the Gallic armies were marching on one road?

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ThoDanII t1_j7kwt1e wrote

IIRC nobody claimed different armies

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stsk1290 t1_j7kxwjr wrote

You should reread it then, as the relief army was composed of the armies of some 20 Gallic nations.

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ThoDanII t1_j7kye4p wrote

The point is not out how many nations they came but if they campaigned as one force

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stsk1290 t1_j7kzwkn wrote

They came from all over Gaul, met up at Alesia and fought there.

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