Qeybtaan sii wad - 70kii BC, kadib dagaalkii sokeeye ee udhaxeeyay kooxda aristocratic ee Sulla iyo inta hartay taageerayaasha Marius iyo Cinna, ninka caanka ah ee Roman Quintus Sertorius wuxuu diiday inuu Spain u dhiibto kaligii taliyihii Sullan. Go'aankii uu qaatay wuxuu dhaliyay dagaalkii Sertorian, kaas oo siyaasadihii Celtic ee Mediterranean Gaul lagu soo rogay ciidamo iyo qasabyo qasab ah si ay u taageeraan dadaallada militariga ee Metellus Pius, Pompeius Magnus ("Pompey the Great"), iyo taliyayaashii kale ee Roomaanka ee ka soo horjeeday mucaaradka. Celts qaar, oo ay ku jiraan laga yaabee Helvii iyo Volcae Arecomici, ayaa taageeray Sertorius. Ka dib markii la dilay Romankii mucaaradka ahaa, Metellus iyo Pompeius waxay awoodeen inay ku dhawaaqaan guul, iyo Helvii iyo Volcae waxaa lagu qasbay inay qayb ka mid ah dhulkooda u wareejiyaan gobolka Giriigga ee Massilia (Marseilles maanta), oo ah xulaf madaxbannaan oo daacad u ah Rome qarniyo, oo si istiraatiiji ah ugu yaal afka webiga Rhône iyo taageeraha adag ee Pompeius.Intii lagu jiray Caesar's Gallic Wars, mid ka mid ah Gallic "civitates" ee ku yaal gobolka Narbonese kuma biirin kacdoonkii Gallic ee 52 BC
, mana aysan ku lug laheyn falal la sheegay in ay ka dhan yihiin ciidamada Roomaanka. Valerii-da Helvian, dhab ahaantii, waxay door muhiim ah ka ciyaaraan sugida dhabarka Caesar militariga ka dhanka ah Vercingetorix, oo ciidamo u diray inay ku duulaan dhulka Helvian. Taariikhda Vivarais ee 1861, Abbé Rouchier wuxuu ku qiyaasay in Caesar, isagoo arkay adeegsiga istiraatiijiyadeed ee dhulka Helvian ee ku yaal xadka gobolka Roomaanka ee ku teedsan wadada ugu weyn ee Gallia dhexe, uu ku beeray Valerii isagoo ka soo kabanaya tallaabooyinka ciqaabta ee uu ka dhanka ahaa Pompeius. Caesar waxa uu ku xusay dhulkii lagu qabtay "Bellum Civile", isagoo si qarsoodi ah uga gaabsaday wax kasta oo ay sameeyeen saaxiibadiisa daacadda u ahaa ee Helvian ee ka soo horjeeday Roomaanka 70-meeyadii.