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You’ve heard of Asterix and Obelix, but who really were the Gauls? And why were they such a problem for Rome?

By Frederik Juliaan Vervaet, Associate Professor of Ancient History, The University of Melbourne
From the fifth to third centuries BCE, the Gallic tribes of central Europe were among the continent’s most fearsome warriors. And in 387 BCE, Gallic raiders sacked and profoundly humiliated Rome.The Conversation


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