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Gallia Cisalpina: see Cisalpine Gaul. Gallia Comata (Latin: Hairy Gaul), also
called tres galliae (Three Gauls), in Roman antiquity, the land of Gaul that
included the three provinces of ( 1 ) Aquitania, bordered by the Bay of Biscay on
the west ...
Gallia Cisalpina: see Cisalpine Gaul. Gallia Comata (Latin: Hairy Gaul), also
called tres galliae (Three Gauls), in Roman antiquity, the land of Gaul that
included the three provinces of ( 1 ) Aquitania, bordered by the Bay of Biscay on
the west ...
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Gaul, French gaule, Latin gallia, the region inhabited by the ancient Gauls,
comprising modern-day France and parts of Belgium, western Germany, and
northern Italy. A Celtic race, the Gauls lived in an agricultural society divided into
several ...
Gaul, French gaule, Latin gallia, the region inhabited by the ancient Gauls,
comprising modern-day France and parts of Belgium, western Germany, and
northern Italy. A Celtic race, the Gauls lived in an agricultural society divided into
several ...
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A former religious centre of Gallic society, Lugdunum (Lyon) became the capital
of Roman Gaul. The country was divided into four provinces: Narbonensis,
Aquitania to the west and south of the Loire, Celtica (or Lugdunen- sis) in central
...
A former religious centre of Gallic society, Lugdunum (Lyon) became the capital
of Roman Gaul. The country was divided into four provinces: Narbonensis,
Aquitania to the west and south of the Loire, Celtica (or Lugdunen- sis) in central
...
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