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A historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Germany west of the Rhine.
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The Romans divided Gaul broadly into Provincia (the conquered area around the Mediterranean), and the northern Gallia Comata ("free Gaul" or "long haired Gaul").
Constantius, after his experience with Gallus, intended his representative to be more a figurehead than an active participant in events, so he packed Julian off to Gaul with a small retinue, assuming his prefects in Gaul would keep Julian in check.
For much of the history of the series (Volumes 4 through 29), settings in Gaul and abroad alternated, with even-numbered volumes set abroad and odd-numbered volumes set in Gaul, mostly in the village.
French has evolved from Gallo-Romance, the spoken Latin in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul.
Gauls are associated with Celtic languages, and the term Germani is associated with Germanic languages, but Caesar did not discuss languages in detail (though he did say that Belgic Gaul was different from Celtic Gaul in language).
He then became involved in fighting the various tribes in Gaul, and by 55 BC had overrun most of Gaul.
Gaul said he needed to consider carefully the testimony of the victims, as well as consider the various mitigating and aggravating factors.
Lake Mills was able to call timeout and had a chance, but Jackson Gaul’s halfcourt heave was no-good, and the Bulldogs’ season came to a close in the state semifinals with a 25-2 overall record.
After the Trojans recovered a third-down St. Peter fumble, they set up around their own 35-yard line and gained chunks of yardage on a 15-yard first-down pass from quarterback Brock Bruns to Tommy Lais and a 12-yard pass from Bruns to Tate Gaul.
Esports are still relatively new, and even experienced teams face a lot of uncertainty, Gaul said.
Withrow, Gaul was released from the county jail on Friday as part of the public health order requiring the release of non-violent inmates with less than 60 days left in their sentence.
Worthington Cubs catcher Eli Gaul dives in with the ball to tag Windom's Sam Huska as Huska slides across home plate at Island Park Wednesday evening.
Join chef Veera Gaul, owner of Oil & Vinegar, for a cooking demonstration as you learn creative, delicious ways to cook.
The event was attended by Ecumenical Patriarchate representative, His Eminence Metropolitan Emanuel of Gaul.
Hackett said that Gaul raised close to $70,000.
The Speaker, Cross River House of Assembly, John Gaul-Lebo, says the social media reports that the house has resolved to impeach Gov. Ben Ayade over his recent trip abroad is fake.
According to Galen, the best soaps were Germanic, and soaps from Gaul were second best.
After centuries of struggle, in 194 BC the entire area of what is now Lombardy became a Roman province with the name of Gallia Cisalpina (" Gaul on the inner side (with respect to Rome) of the Alps ").
After his victory at Tours, Charles continued on in campaigns in 736 and 737 to drive other Muslim armies from bases in Gaul after they again attempted to expand beyond Al-Andalus.
After the 5th century, however, the Alans of Gaul were subsumed in the territorial struggles between the Franks and the Visigoths, and ceased to have an independent existence.