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Besançon
Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is a French city that serves as the capital of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland.
Vesoul
Vesoul ( ) is a commune in the predominantly rural Haute-Saône department, of which it is the prefecture, or capital, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Breisach
thumb|Breisach as seen from the French Rhine shore.
Gallic War
war (58–50 BCE) between the Roman Republic and Gaul
Pontarlier
Pontarlier (; Latin: Ariolica; Arpitan: Pontarliér) is a commune and one of the two subprefectures of the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Luxeuil-les-Bains
Luxeuil-les-Bains () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté west of Mulhouse in eastern France.
Noyers
commune in Yonne, France
Port-sur-Saône
Port-sur-Saône () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Broye-Aubigney-Montseugny
Broye-Aubigney-Montseugny () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Mandeure
Mandeure () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Luxiol
Luxiol () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Pontoux
Pontoux () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Seveux
Seveux () is a former commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Seveux-Motey.
Sequani
thumb|310px|A portion of the map, Gallia, from Butler's 1907 atlas showing the divisions of the diocese of Gaul in the late [[Roman Empire. According to the key, the map depicts 17 Provinciae Galliae, "Provinces of Gaul," of which the 17th, [Provincia] Maxima Sequanorum, "Greater Sequania," identified with an XVII shown in the Jura Mountains, contains the Sequani and Helvetii.]]
Sequana
In Gallo-Roman religion, Sequana is the goddess of the river Seine, particularly the springs at the source of the Seine. Although the origins of the goddess are Celtic, Sequana was subsequently integrated into a Gallo-Roman regional cult of worship after the Roman conquest of Gaul. The main sites dedicated to her are found in northern Burgundy, especially at the source of the Seine, where archeological excavations have unearthed a temple complex and over a thousand votive offerings.
Sundgau
{| class="wikitable" align="right" |- ! colspan="2" style="background:#6cf;"| Sundgau |- | Land Area || 663 km2 |- | Population || 61 841 inhabitants (1999) |- | Capital || Altkirch |- | Cantons || 4 |- | Communes || 112 |} Sundgau ( or ; ) is a geographical territory in the southern Alsace region (Haut Rhin and Belfort), on the eastern edge of France. The name is derived from Alemannic German Sunt-gowe ("South shire"), denoting an Alemannic county in the Old High German period. The principal city and historical capital is Altkirch.
Casticus
Casticus was a nobleman of the Sequani of eastern Gaul. His father, Catamantaloedes, had previously been the ruler of the tribe and had been recognized as a "friend" by the Roman Senate.
Battle of Magetobria
early battle of the Gallic Wars
Catamantaloedes
Catamantaloedes (or Catamantaledes) was the ruler of the Sequani of eastern Gaul in the early to mid-1st century BC, and was recognised as a "friend" by the Roman Senate. His son, Casticus, was later part of Orgetorix's conspiracy .