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2 days ago · The Gauls ( Latin: Galli; Ancient Greek: Γαλάται, Galátai) were a group of Celtic peoples of mainland Europe in the Iron Age and the Roman period (roughly 5th century BC to 5th century AD). Their homeland was known as Gaul ( Gallia ). They spoke Gaulish, a continental Celtic language .
3 days ago · The Dying Gaul, an ancient Roman statue. The Celts ( / kɛlts / kelts, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples ( / ˈkɛltɪk / KEL-tick) were a collection of Indo-European peoples [1] in Europe and Anatolia, identified by their use of Celtic languages and other cultural similarities. [2] [3] [4] [5] Major Celtic groups ...
3 days ago · v. t. e. A druid was a member of the high-ranking priestly class in ancient Celtic cultures. Druids were religious leaders as well as legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals and political advisors. Druids left no written accounts.
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2 days ago · Germanic peoples. Roman bronze statuette representing a Germanic man with his hair in a Suebian knot. Dating to the late 1st century – early 2nd century A.D. The Germanic peoples were historical groups of people who lived in Northwestern and Central Europe and Scandinavia during antiquity and into the early Middle Ages.
2 days ago · Charlemagne (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə m eɪ n, ˌ ʃ ɑːr l ə ˈ m eɪ n / SHAR-lə-mayn, - MAYN; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding all these titles until his death in 814.
- 9 October 768 – 28 January 814
- Bertrada of Laon
1 day ago · The Western Roman Empire during the reign of Majorian in AD 460. During his four-year-long reign from 457 to 461, Majorian restored Western Roman authority in Hispania and most of Gaul. Despite his accomplishments, Roman rule in the west would last less than two more decades.
1 day ago · The Apostle Paul traveled through the area where he likely would have become familiar with the famous statue “The Dying Gaul.” The pitiable but noble Gaul is sitting down naked on the ground, bending downward as he dies from a wound in his side. The emotion and dying posture are very similar to the Pieta of Mary holding the dead Jesus.
