After Clodius's murder unsettled the Republic, the Senate voted for Pompey as sole consul. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Julius 26)
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The Carnutes gathered at Cenabum on the appointed day and killed the Roman merchants settled there and the grain officer Gaius Fufius Cita, plundering their property; the news spread by shouting and reached the land of the Arverni by early night (early 52 BC, after Clodius's death). (Caesar, Commentaries on the Gallic War 7.3)
Vercingetorix of the Arverni tried to rouse his followers but was driven out of Gergovia by his uncle Gobanitio and other nobles; he gathered the poor, raised an army, and persuaded his people. (Caesar, Commentaries on the Gallic War 7.4)
When Lucterius tried to invade the province toward Narbo, Caesar made Narbo his top priority; he arrived, reassured the restless province, and posted garrisons. (Caesar, Commentaries on the Gallic War 7.7)
The soldiers crossed the Cebenna mountains (Cévennes), piled with six feet of snow, clearing the snow as they went, and reached the land of the Arverni; the Arverni, thinking the mountains a wall, had let their guard down. (Caesar, Commentaries on the Gallic War 7.8)
Caesar left Brutus in charge of the legions and had the cavalry spread widely; then he rushed in secret to Vienne, joined the cavalry he had sent ahead, and ran night and day to the legions. (Caesar, Commentaries on the Gallic War 7.9)
Built a siege line in two days at the Senone town of Vellaunodunum and took it on the third day, receiving 600 weapons and hostages; he left the finishing work to Trebonius. (Caesar, Commentaries on the Gallic War 7.11)
Caesar hurried to Cenabum and arrived before the Carnutes knew of the siege; at night he blocked the gates and seized citizens trying to flee, then plundered and burned the city. (Caesar, Commentaries on the Gallic War 7.11)
When the Bituriges' town of Noviodunum was besieged, its citizens asked for surrender, but when Vercingetorix's advance cavalry appeared they resisted again; Caesar's cavalry and German horse drove them off. (Caesar, Commentaries on the Gallic War 7.12)
After Noviodunum surrendered, Caesar marched on Avaricum, the largest and strongest town of the Bituriges. (Caesar, Commentaries on the Gallic War 7.13)
Following Vercingetorix's scorched-earth strategy, more than 20 Bituriges towns burned in one day; at the Bituriges' plea, Avaricum was decided to be defended rather than burned. (Caesar, Commentaries on the Gallic War 7.15)