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  2. Gaul - Wikipedia

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    A map of Gaul in the 1st century BC, showing the relative positions of the Celtic ethnicities: Celtae, Belgae and Aquitani. Expansion of the Celtic culture in the 3rd century BC. The Druids were not the only political force in Gaul, however, and the early political system was complex, if ultimately fatal to the society as a whole.

  3. Gauls - Wikipedia

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    Map of Gaul c.59 BC, showing Gallic tribes in green, and the Roman Republic in yellow. The Gauls were made up of many tribes who controlled a particular territory and often built large fortified settlements called oppida. After completing the conquest of Gaul, the Roman Empire made most of these tribes civitates.

  4. Looking back at the beaches of Normandy on D-Day: June ... - AOL

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    After intense and successful deception of the Axis forces, both operations began on Tuesday, June 6, 1944, with the storming of France's Normandy shore. The weather on D-Day was less than ideal ...

  5. Roman Gaul - Wikipedia

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    The Roman Republic's influence began in southern Gaul. By the mid-2nd century BC, Rome was trading heavily with the Greek colony of Massilia (modern Marseille) and entered into an alliance with them, by which Rome agreed to protect the town from local Gauls, including the nearby Aquitani and from sea-borne Carthaginians and other rivals, in exchange for land that the Romans wanted in order to ...

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    Get the Vernon, Upper Normandy local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...

  7. Armorica - Wikipedia

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    Map of Briton settlements in the 6th-century, including what became Brittany and Britonia (in Spain). Pliny the Elder, in his Natural History (4.17.105), claims that Armorica was the older name for Aquitania and states Armorica's southern boundary extended to the Pyrenees. Taking into account the Gaulish origin of the name, that is perfectly ...

  8. 80 years ago, on the beaches of Normandy, WWII shifted ... - AOL

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    Weather. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... American and Allied forces prepare for landing on Normandy beaches in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

  9. Normandy - Wikipedia

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    Normandy (French: Normandie; Norman: Normaundie or Nouormandie) [note 2] is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands).