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 layout of the buildings is highly unusual, with no known parallels in the Roman provinces of Germania or Gaul.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 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
As Ms. Gaul shows through wide-ranging detective work, Egyptian farmers were obliged to rely on artificial fertilizers and year-round irrigation after successive efforts to dam the Nile eventually shut down the river’s age-old fertilization cycle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Marcus Lepidus was already in charge of parts of the Roman Republic in Spain, Gaul, and Africa.
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
They owned slaves, but this population was drawn from a wide range of conquered peoples, including Gauls and Germans.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 22, 2018
“Just ask the French football team that just won the World Cup. … Not all of those folks looked like Gauls to me. But they’re French! They’re French,” Mr. Obama said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2018
The Normans were descendants of kindred sea-pirates who had settled in Gaul, and mingled their blood with that of the Gauls and Franks.
From England by Sir Frank Fox
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