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Gallic Wars
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Gallic Wars Julius Caesar's campaigns 58–51 bc, which established Roman control over
Gaul north of the Alps and west of the River Rhine (Transalpine Gaul). During this period Caesar twice invaded Britain (55 and 54 bc). Largely disunited, the Gauls combined in 53–52 bc under the chieftain Vercingetorix (d.
c.46 bc) but were eventually defeated.
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Louis Gallic.(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 6/3/1998; ; 610 words
; ...Carolina and Florida, Mr. Gallic was part of the Allied forces...times, once in the neck. Mr. Gallic survived the ordeal, crawling...two purple hearts. After the war, he was a United Nations relief...own real estate firm, Louis Gallic Co. on Geary Boulevard. He...
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 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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NSW: Gallic dodges a bullet to win Sydney Cup
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 4/14/2007; 456 words
; ...today. The injury-ridden Gallic was given little chance of running...crowd of 20,807 at Randwick, Gallic paid $7 for the win after beating...Rogerson lauded the efforts of Gallic's vets Luke Campbell and John...Bentley Biscuit, while Desert War won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes...
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Vercingetorix and the failure of gallic resistance: John Haywood explains why the tactics adopted by the Gallic leader Vercingetorix to resist Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul played into Roman hands.
Magazine article from: History Today; 9/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...ambitious of these took place at the Gallic stronghold of Alesia (Alise Ste...romantic 35 ft tall statue of the Gallic war-leader Vercingetonx, which was...Napoleon. Far from being the hero of Gallic resistance against the Romans, he...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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The ghost cavalry The ghost cavalry Side by side with their horses, Gallic warriors who fell to the might of the Romans.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/31/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...recently-discovered World War I grave where British soldiers...southern France. The powerful Gallic Averni tribe, based in today...invasion of Gaul in 58BC and the Gallic wars which continued until 51BC. The one Gallic triumph was the revolt against...
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Paris offers EU newcomers crash course in French Battle to defend Gallic culture against the rise of English rages in Europe's corridors of power
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 3/7/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...front in its battle to defend Gallic culture from the encroachment...matters of supreme importance to Gallic cultural life - art, food and...activity to find an acceptable Gallic alternative. (They suggest...French during the Second World War, said that the growing appetite...
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An explosion of Gallic chutzpah
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 2/14/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...0000 Headline: An explosion of Gallic chutzpah Byline: DOUGLAS DAVIS...to this haughty explosion of Gallic chutzpah, seemed to blush slightly...do everything we can do avoid war. Two glasses of Beaujolais...the first shot in the Six Day War (he coupled that with an outburst...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Bouquets and kisses in a Gallic charm offensive; World Cup triumph but the attentions of localmales make my husband's hackles rise.(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 12/7/2003; 700+ words
; ...household potentially falling prey to the Gallic charm of the local males. And there...and their sons were noisily rubbing raw Gallic noses in the defeat. Dan, one of the...rugby,' he hissed. It's been a week of war between the chimney and us. With Christmas...
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Gallic tantrum shows it is time for France to swap realpolitik for the real world
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 2/9/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...himself an overwhelming mandate for war, then he has a clear course...first year of the Second World War aroused feelings of schadenfreude...amateurs from the theatre of war. It signalled that the phoney...King, not the 19th-century Gallic Tony Benn) claimed that France...
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Gallic journey in time.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/8/1999; 700+ words
; ...French francs currently 9.68 to a pound - for 'sesterces' (Gallic coins). Instead of electronic games and theme park thrills...day. But at the Gaulish Village, the goal is festivity, not war. From time to time, our fun was halted by a horn from the...
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 "Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)")
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Gallic shrugs over English hunting row.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England); 9/16/2004; 700+ words
; ...explosion of rage that resulted has been dubbed by some as a civil war. But MPs voted in favour of the option, calling for a complete...interfere with the sport across the Channel - they scratch their Gallic heads, shrug their shoulders and mumble "mais, c'est la...
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Gallic Wars
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gallic Wars , campaigns in Gaul led by Julius Caesar...the last signs of disorder. Caesar's Gallic Wars were the theater in which he displayed...to the Atlantic. The prime source of the Gallic Wars is Caesar's own commentaries, De...
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Gallic wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Gallic wars Julius CAESAR's campaigns...VERCINGETORIX rallied the central Gallic tribes in unusual unity. In a long and bitter war, Caesar defeated him and his...and he was executed. Caesar's war dispatches, De Bello Gallico...
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Aedui
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Aedui or Haedui , Gallic people, occupying in the 1st cent...by Ariovistus and at odds with their Gallic neighbors, they were allies of the...at first aided Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars and later were not wholehearted in their...
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Bibracte
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bibracte , former capital of the Aedui , site atop Mont Beuvray, central France. There Caesar defeated (58 BC) the Helvetii (see Gallic Wars ). Excavations on the site have revealed a Gallic town.
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Vercingetorix
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Vercingetorix Gallic leader of a revolt against Rome; defeated by Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars, he was put to death in 46 bc.
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