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Goddess Sequana Figurine
A bronze figurine of the Celtic deity Sequana, a healing goddess, regarded perhaps as the personification of the River Seine. From her sanctuary at the source of the river near Dijon. (Archaeological Museum of Dijon, France)

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Roman Amphitheatre, Mediolanum Santonum
The Roman amphitheatre of Mediolanum Santonum (Saintes, Charente-Maritime), France. The arena could hold 15,000 spectators and was built 40-50 CE.

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Roman Soldier Guards a Captured Gaul
This is a terracotta relief. Captured weapons and a cloak hang on a tree as a trophy (symbol of victory). The stamped inscription M(arcus) Anton(ius) Epaphra(s) refers to the workshop producing the plaque. Made in Rome, circa 1-20 CE. From...

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Ruins of Cemenelum
Cemenelum was an important Roman town that was chosen by the Emperor Augustus as the capital of the Roman province of Alpes Maritimae, on the Ligurian coast, in 14 BCE. It is today surrounded by the Cimiez neighborhood of Nice, France. The...

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Gallic Victory
An artist's impression of Gallic warriors celebrating victory.

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Fighting Gaul
A marble statue of a fighting Gaul. Found in Delos. 100 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

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Brennus
An artist's impression of Brennus, the Gallic war chief of the Senones (c. 360 BCE). From the computer game Total War: Rome II - Rise of the Republic by the Creative Assembly.

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Enslaved Gaul, Arch of Glanum
A detail of the triumphal arch at Glanum, southern France, showing an enslaved Gaul. The monument was built in the early 1st century CE, perhaps to commemorate the city's new status as a Roman colony. The top third is now missing.

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Celtic Warrior, Gaul
A Celtic warrior statue from Gaul. Bronze with glass inlay, 1st century BCE or 1st century CE. From Saint-Maur-en-Chaussée, Oise, France. (Musée départemental de l'Oise)

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Amphitheatre
amphitheatre of Grand, France