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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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
When Augustine died in 430, the Vandals, a barbarian people who had crossed the Rhine decades earlier and already fought their way through Gaul and Iberia, had reached the gates of Hippo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
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, an assistant professor of Arabic studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, describes herself as a cultural historian.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Octavian would govern the west, including the parts of Gaul that had been under Mark Antony’s control.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
Hannibal intended to hammer at the Romans with overwhelming numbers; his forces were bolstered, the author relates, by mercenaries whose ranks included “Ligurians, Gauls, Balearic islanders and Mauretanians.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
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
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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