ravagedwidely in Transalpine Gaul, overcoming all Gaulish and Roman resistance. On attempting to enter Italy, these German marauders were finally routed by Roman armies in 102 and 101. There is no doubt that, during this period, many Celtic tribes, formerly living east of the Rhine, were ...
Franco-Provençal (the name given to a group of dialects spoken around the Alpine region of France and Italy) is often considered to be different from both French and Occitan, though some linguists hold that it is merely a transitional dialect. In the 21st century, few of the French know...
This is a ceremonial washing of the body (or some part of it), or of... Andrew ANDREW ăn’ drōō (̓Ανδρέας, G436, manly). The brother of Simon Peter and one of the first... Angel ANGEL (מַלְאָכ...
Gaul,Cisalpine Gaul(Gallia Cisalpina, or “Gaul This Side of the Alps”), in northern Italy—which does not belong to the history of France. Transalpine Gaul came into existence as a distinct historical entity in the middle of the 1st centurybce, through the campaigns of Julius Caesar (c...
Transalpine Gaul could be exploited for the imperial good. The Province, now Narbonensis, was planted with settlements of retired Roman soldiers (coloniae, “colonies”—e.g., Arelate [Arles]); it soon became a land of city-states and was comparable to Italy in its way of life. In ...
In Roman times Piedmont was important because its passes connected Italy with the transalpine provinces ofGaul. After periods ofLombardandFrankishrule, thehouse of Savoyemerged as the most important feudatory of northwestern Italy. Thisdynastyfirst became powerful as successor to the marquesses of Ivrea...
ravagedwidely in Transalpine Gaul, overcoming all Gaulish and Roman resistance. On attempting to enter Italy, these German marauders were finally routed by Roman armies in 102 and 101. There is no doubt that, during this period, many Celtic tribes, formerly living east of the Rhine, were ...
These towns’ growing prosperity by the 11th century was based on the role of the middle Po River valley as a transit point for trade between the Mediterranean and the trans-Alpine lands. A number of Lombard towns—Milan, Cremona, Brescia, Bergamo—were able to throw off their feudal rulers...
These towns’ growing prosperity by the 11th century was based on the role of the middle Po River valley as a transit point for trade between the Mediterranean and the trans-Alpine lands. A number of Lombard towns—Milan, Cremona, Brescia, Bergamo—were able to throw off their feudal rulers...
The final episodes of Celtic independence were enacted inTransalpine Gaul(Gallia Transalpina), whichcomprisedthe whole territory from the Rhine River and the Alps westward to the Atlantic. The threat was twofold: Germanic tribes pressing westward toward and across the Rhine, and the Roman arms in ...