| Show french archeologists archaeologists at work upon alesia battlefield find roman coins thirty seven roman coins also diverse objects which might have belonged to julius caesar all of them dating back to the roman occupation of gaul have been dug up by a group of french 9 fists ests at work upon the historic battlefield tle tie field of alesia 40 miles from dijon for three decades excavations at alesia have been carried on but during the past few months the harvest was so abundant that it has inspired the archeologists archaeologists working under the direction of M E Esper andieu to continue their digging with increased vigor among the roman objects found were locks keys cramp irons needles and fragments of pottery also an elaborately decorated table in the form of an altar and a striking lion in bronze almost intact A an underground furnace for heating baths was also dug up every american school boy who has plodded through caesars caesara Cae sars commentaries ment aries is acquainted with alesia it is the place where intrepid chieftain of the bauls met his fate and was compelled to surrender to caesar alesia today bears the name of alise sainte reine and since the middle ages has become a religious shrine much frequented by Burgund ians saint reine heine was one of the early christian martyrs in gaul and every september her fidelity to her faith is evoked in a picturesque prices procession each year an average of visitors comes to alesia some as religious pilgrims others as tourists all of them walk about the battlefield where the independence of gaul was lost some 2000 yeats years ago they stand in awe before the heroic statue of erected on the summit of mont |
