Caesar’s Double Siege: Starving Alesia The Battle of Alesia is perhaps the greatest military engineering feat in history. Facing a massive enemy force inside a city and an even larger relief army approaching from the rear, Julius Caesar did the unthinkable: he built two walls and fought two armies at the same time. This video covers: The Trap: Vercingetorix's retreat to Alesia. The Donut Fortification: Caesar's construction of the circumvallation and contravallation lines. Ancient Minefields: Th

ReSeen on Instagram: "Starving through an 1880s Polish winter, many poor Jewish families stretched a few potatoes and scraps of fish into “meals” that barely filled a plate. This reel recreates one of those recorded dinners, so we can feel how close to hunger everyday life really was. Would you have survived on this? #historyreels #jewishhistory #polandhistory #19thcentury #historicalfood realmeals foodhistory socialhistory povertyhistory learnoninstagram historyfacts socialstudies historyteache