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Example sentences for: gaul
How can you use “gaul” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The poet William Cowper once wrote “philologists who trace/A panting syllable through time and space,/Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark/To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark.”
Unmitigated Gaul
Caesar drew Gaul’s northeastern frontier at the Rhine, taking in present-day Belgium, and warned that the Germanic tribes across the river — the Franks (after whom France is named), Alamans, and Saxons — would always threaten the security of the frontier.
Spain’s Arab rulers exploited this disunity to sweep north across Gaul, controlling Languedoc, Dordogne, and a large part of Provence, before being defeated at Poitiers in 732 by the army of Charles Martel.
Fans of the Astérix comics about ancient Gaul and the Romans will enjoy the Parc Astérix theme park, near Autoroute A1 between Roissy (Charles-de-Gaulle airport) and Senlis, open April to October; Tel. 03 44 62 34 34.
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