Gaul
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Gauls
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an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps Cisalpine Gaul and another part N of the Alps Transalpine Gaul.
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Latin Gallia. a province of the ancient Roman Empire, including the territory corresponding to modern France, Belgium, the S Netherlands, Switzerland, N Italy, and Germany W of the Rhine.
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an inhabitant of the ancient region of Gaul.
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a native or inhabitant of France.
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Latin name: Gallia. an ancient region of W Europe corresponding to N Italy, France, Belgium, part of Germany, and the S Netherlands: divided into Cisalpine Gaul, which became a Roman province before 100 bc , and Transalpine Gaul, which was conquered by Julius Caesar (58–51 bc )
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a native of ancient Gaul
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a Frenchman
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Flouting the Senate’s authority, Caesar crossed the Rubicon, the river that separated territories directly under Rome’s control from the province of Cisalpine Gaul, at the head of an army in 49 B.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The name gallium comes from Gaul, the ancient Latin name for France, honoring the nationality of its discoverer.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Mr Gaul says that reducing the council's reliance on private special schools, and the "enormous" costs involved, will allow more funding to go into mainstream schools.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
Ms. Gaul tellingly zeros in on her interviewees’ sense of the term as signifying “a contrast to anything imported as well as anything produced industrially or on a mass scale.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Lucius and Fulvia headed for Gaul to organize some of Mark Antony’s soldiers stationed there.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
Gauls constructed villas with Roman features such as tiled roofing, stone masonry, and peristyle or columned courtyards.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Rome has been invaded by Gauls, Visigoths and vandals over the centuries, but the Eternal City is now grappling with a rampaging force of wild boars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
One small village of Gauls manages to resist, thanks to a special magic formula.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2020
“There were contradictions between these classes—sometimes we joked that we didn’t know if our ancestors were the Gauls or the pharaohs!”
From The New Yorker ● May 7, 2019
The priests of Apollo among the Gauls were denominated paterœ, as having the gift of prophecy.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook
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