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Wikipedia: Gaul is a historical name used in the context of Ancient Rome in references to the region of Western Europe approximating present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, but also sometimes including the Po Valley, western Switzerland, and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine. In English, the word Gaul may also refer to an inhabitant of that region, although the expression may be used more generally for all ancient speakers of the Gaulish language (an early variety of Celtic). This language was widespread in Europe, but it shared Gaul with other languages (including at least the Aquitanian language, and also possibly a separate Belgic language).
![[Gold coins of the Parisii, 1st century BC, (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ParisiiCoins_s.jpg "Gold coins of the Parisii, 1st century BC, (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris)")
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![[Silver coin enscribed with Μασσ[αλία] from the Hellenistic period of Marseille]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Massalia_large_coin_5th_1st_century_BCE_s.jpg "Silver coin enscribed with Μασσ[αλία] from the Hellenistic period of Marseille")
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![[Soldiers of Gaul, as imagined by a late 19th century illustrator for the Larousse dictionary, 1898]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gaul_Soldiers_s.jpg "Soldiers of Gaul, as imagined by a late 19th century illustrator for the Larousse dictionary, 1898")
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![[Gauls in Rome.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GaulsinRome_s.jpg "Gauls in Rome.")
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