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Transalpine Gaul

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noun

  1. (in the ancient world) that part of Gaul northwest of the Alps

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Transalpine Gaul of Caesar was the country included between the Rhine, the ocean, the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean, and the Alps.

From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony

The combined armies defeated Antony in two battles in the vicinity of Mutina, forcing him to give up the siege and flee towards Transalpine Gaul.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

Report of these events is rapidly borne into Transalpine Gaul.

From "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries by Caesar, Julius

To this the Senate, at the suggestion of Pompey, added Transalpine Gaul and another legion.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

Transalpine Gaul was substantially what is now France.

From History of Julius Caesar by Abbott, Jacob

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