Gaul
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Gaul was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Romans, encompassing present-day Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and parts of Germany, Netherlands, Northern Italy and Switzerland. It c
Gauls in Rome
Soldiers of Gaul, as imagined by a late 19th-century illustrator for the Larousse dictionary, 1898
Massalia (Marseille) silver coin with Greek legend, 5th–1st century BC.
Gold coins of the Gaul Parisii, 1st century BC, (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris).
La Tène culture
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The La Tène culture was a European Iron Age culture. It developed and flourished during the late Iron Age, succeeding the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture without any definite cultural break, under co
Gaul
…Germany, Netherlands, Northern Italy and Switzerland. It covered an area of 494,000 km2 (191,000 mi2). Archaeologically, the Gauls were bearers of the La Tène culture during the 5th to 1st centuries BC. This material culture was found throughout Gaul and as far east as modern-day southern Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary…
Agris Helmet, France, c. 350 BC
1910 illustration of a Gallic chief
Model of the Roman siege of Avaricum, France, during the Gallic War (52 BC)
Bronze chariot fitting from Roissy, France, 3rd century BC