Belgae - 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial

Question

According to one account, these people were the bravest in one area because they were the “farthest from the civilisation and refinement of [our] Province.” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name these people whose tribes included the Nervii and Viromandui. These people, who were praised for their courage at the Battle of the Sabis by the same account, did not deposit weapons in burials like their neighbors.

ANSWER: Belgae [or Belgics; reject “Belgians”]

[10m] The Belgae fought in a rebellion led by this king of the Arverni tribe who defended Gregovia during a 52 BCE battle. This king surrendered after he was trapped within a ring of concentric walls at another siege.

ANSWER: Vercingetorix (“ver-sin-JET-uh-rix”)

[10e] Vercingetorix’s defeat at Alesia came during this conflict described by a famous commentary by Julius Caesar that added modern France to the Roman Empire.

ANSWER: Gallic Wars [or Bellum Gallicum; accept Commentarii de Bello Gallico]

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Summary


2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley	01/27/2024	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell	01/27/2024	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU	01/27/2024	Y	10	18.00	80%	90%	10%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota	01/27/2024	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State	01/27/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers	01/27/2024	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial	01/27/2024	Y	8	21.25	100%	100%	13%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt	01/27/2024	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT	01/27/2024	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


Warwick	Bristol	10	10	10	30
Cambridge A	Imperial A	0	10	10	20
Kiel	Cambridge C	0	10	10	20
Durham B	Sheffield	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh	Oxford B	0	10	10	20
KCL	Cambridge B	0	10	10	20
Oxford A	Imperial B	0	10	10	20
Durham A	Oxford C	0	10	10	20