Encyclopedia - Gallo-roman Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallo-roman Culture - Gallo-roman Sites
At Périgueux, France, a luxurious Roman villa called the Domus of Vesunna, built round a garden courtyard surrounded by a colonnaded per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallo-roman Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallo-roman Culture - Gallic Empire
Main article: Gallic Empire During the Crisis of the Third Century, from 259 to 274, an independent Gallo-Roman realm that is termed the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaul: Encyclopedia Ii - Gaul - Gaulish Tribes
Caesar divided the people of Gaul into three broad groups: the Aquitani; Galli (who in their own language were called Celtae); and Belgae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaul: Encyclopedia - Gaul
Gaul (Latin Gallia, Greek Galatia) is the region of Western Europe occupied by present-day France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pillar Of The Boatmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Pillar Of The Boatmen - Inscription
The main dedication is to Jupiter, alongside Mercury, Mars, Fortuna, Castor and Pollux and Vulcan. Gaulish deities mentioned are Esus, Ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pillar Of The Boatmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Pillar Of The Boatmen - Description
The pillar is made of a type of limestone called "pierre de Saint-Leu-d'Esserent", from Saint-Leu, Oise, France. The original pillar woul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome
Ancient Roman culture evolved throughout the almost 1300-year history of that civilization. The term refers to the culture of the Roman R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pillar Of The Boatmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Pillar Of The Boatmen - History Of The Pillar
Some time in the third century, the stone blocks that formed the pillar were broken into two and used to reinforce the foundations of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgundy: Encyclopedia - Burgundy
Burgundy (French: Bourgogne) is a historic region of France, inhabited in turn by Pre-Indo-European people, Celts (Gauls), Romans (Gallo-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Brittany: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Brittany
Brittany is the name used to represent the ancient state of Brittany. Today the name Bretagne is used to denote the administrative area (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brittany: Encyclopedia - Brittany
Brittany (French: Bretagne, French pronunciation ▶ (help·info); Breton: Breizh; Gallo: Bertaèyn) is a former independent kingdom and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breton Nationalism: Encyclopedia - Breton Nationalism
Breton nationalism refers to two forms of nationalism concerning the area of Brittany in France. To many Bretons, "nationalism" is the na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Brittany: Encyclopedia - Music Of Brittany
Brittany is on the northwest coast of France and is a region unique in that country in its Celtic cultural derivation. Though long under ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Language
The native language of the Romans was Latin, an Italic language. An inflectional and synthetic language, Latin relies little on word orde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - The Arts
Culture of ancient Rome - Literature. Roman literature was from its very inception influenced heavily by Greek authors. Some of the ear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Customs And Daily Life
Life in the ancient Roman cities revolved round the Forum, the central business district, where most of the Romans would go for marketing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Sports And Entertainment
The ancient city of Rome had a place called Campus, a sort of drill ground for Roman soliders, which was located near the Tiber river. La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Religion
Roman religious beliefs date back to the founding of Rome, around 800 BC, but the Roman religion commonly associated with the Roman Repub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Historical And Cultural Context
Many aspects of the Roman culture were appropriated from the Ancient Greeks. In architecture and sculpture, the continuity between Greek ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Social Structure
The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Social Structure
The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - The Arts
Culture of ancient Rome - Literature. Main article: Latin literature Roman literature was from its very inception influenced heavily ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Religion
Roman religious beliefs date back to the founding of Rome, around 800 BC, but the Roman religion commonly associated with the Roman Repub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montargis: Encyclopedia Ii - Montargis - Etymology And History
The town is said to be the place where the jealous goddess Juno charged Argus with guarding her rival. Under this account, the name "Mont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brittany: Encyclopedia Ii - Brittany - Language
French, the only official language of the French Republic, is today spoken throughout Brittany. The two regional languages have no offici...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Costa Rica: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Costa Rica - Cookery
Costa Rican cooking does not have a distinct or particular style or many dishes to call its own. The closest thing to a national dish is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brittany: Encyclopedia Ii - Brittany - Language
French, the only official language of the French Republic, is nowadays spoken all over Brittany, but the region has one other language wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catalonia Historic Territory: Encyclopedia Ii - Catalonia Historic Territory - Language
Main article: Catalan language Catalonia constitutes the original nucleus where Catalan is spoken. Catalan is regarded by most linguists ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Studio 54: Encyclopedia Ii - Studio 54 - History
Studio 54 - Early Years. The theater originated as the Gallo Opera House in 1927, and over the course of the next decade changed its na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Santiago Del Estero Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Santiago Del Estero Province - Political Division
The province is divided into 27 departments (Spanish: departamentos). Department (Capital) Aguirre (Villa General Mitre) Alberdi (Campo ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French People: Encyclopedia Ii - French People - History
The French are a Western European people whose origins, for the most part, trace back to the mingling of pre-Celtic peoples, the Celts, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French People: Encyclopedia Ii - French People - History
The term "French" (coming from the Franks) must not be mistaken with the modern concept of French citizenship, which is a heritage of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin-celt: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin-celt - Origins And Background
Latin-celt - Celts. The term Celts (pronounced "kelts")[1] refers to any of a number of ancient peoples in Europe using the Celtic lang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French People: Encyclopedia Ii - French People - Ethnic Claims And Discontents
Image:Multiracial French Celebrities.jpg The far-right Front National 's discourse of La France aux Français ("France to the French") or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French People: Encyclopedia Ii - French People - Language
The French language, the mother tongue of the majority of the world's French, is a Romance language, one of the many derived from Latin. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French People: Encyclopedia Ii - French People - Population With French Ancestry
There is a sizeable population claiming ethnic French ancestry in the Western Hemisphere. The Canadian province of Quebec is the center o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin-celt: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin-celt - Significance Of The Term
The terms Latin-celt and Franco-celt are fairly recent, but explain the relatively common occurance of black colored hair amongst many Ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French People: Encyclopedia Ii - French People - Language
The French language, the mother tongue of the majority of the world's French, is a Romance language, one of the many derived from Latin. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French People: Encyclopedia Ii - French People - Diaspora
There is a sizeable French diaspora in the Western Hemisphere. The Canadian province of Quebec is the center of French life on the Wester...   » Read the article