In the wake of the battle, Caesar lifted the siege of Gergovia and retreated from the Arverni lands northeastwards in the direction of Aedui territory.

Meanwhile, Labienus had finished his campaign in the north and marched back to Agedincum, Caesar's base in the centre of Gaul.

In the space between these two streams and the road from Dijon to Langres[3] was an area 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) across, slightly uneven in some parts, almost flat everywhere else, mainly between the Vingeanne and the hillock of Montsuageon.

[2] The remaining Gallic cavalry fled, and Vercingetorix was forced to retreat to Alesia, where he was besieged by the Romans.

The Battle of Alesia decided the war in the Romans' favor and led to the capture and execution of Vercingetorix.