Caesar claims that 250,000 Gauls came to relieve Vercingetorix at Alesia. The number is patently absurd. Serves much the same purpose as Herodotus 2.1 "million" Persians invading Greece or the bible's ridiculous 185,000 attacking Jerusalem. Simply designed to say "Look How Great I Am."
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