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Researchers Uncover a Roman Necropolis With More Than 60 Graves Including ‘Curse Tablets,’ Used to Call for Divine Vengeance
Researchers Uncover a Roman Necropolis With More Than 60 Graves Including ‘Curse Tablets,’ Used to Call for Divine Vengeance ...
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Oppidum: The First Towns North of the Alps
Siege of Alesia, 52 BC. The Siege of Alesia in 52 BC was one of Julius Caesar‘s biggest successes. The conflict ended the Gallic Wars and Celtic control in Western Europe. The war took place in one of ...
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Society centered around women in UK during Iron Age: Scientists
Julius Caesar, in his account of the Gallic Wars written more than more than century earlier, also described Celtic women ...
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Lorica Hamata: The Roman Chainmail Used For 600 Years
The Gallic Celts invented the lorica hamata before the Romans. The Latin League’s (793–338 BC) armed forces were reorganized after the disastrous conquest of Rome (about 390 BC). During this time, the ...
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Grab An Epic Battles Celt Army For Warlord Games’ Hail Caesar
Warlord Games has added a big new army to their Hail Caesar Epic Battles collection for those who want to stick it to the ...
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Roman Bilge Pump Bearing
It is constructed in a Gallic or Celtic manner using heavy oak timbers fastened by massive iron nails. Gallic vessels which sound remarkably similar were described by Julius Caesar almost four ...