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 Translation for 'Belgae' from English to Russian
ист.этн.
белги {мн}
Belgae
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Translation for 'Belgae' from English to Russian

Belgae
белги {мн}ист.этн.
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Usage Examples English
  • The Roman campaigns against the Belgae took a few years, but eventually the Belgae were no match against 50,000 trained Roman soldiers.
  • In this text he also famously wrote: "Of these regions, the Belgae are the bravest."
  • The Battle of the Axona was fought in 57 BC, between the Roman army of Gaius Julius Caesar and the Belgae.
  • The Belgae (from which Belgium) of his time lived on the left bank of the lower Rhine and were considered Celts of Germanic origin.
  • The reasons for the construction and eventual abandonment of Oldbury Camp are unclear, but it may have been built by a local tribe seeking to resist the invasion at the time of the Belgae, a tribal confederation from northern Gaul.

  • In 57 BC the Belgae attacked the oppidum Bibrax at the battle of the Axona. However, Caesar's legions were victorious and successfully defended the oppidum.
  • Examples of events that could be labelled "invasions" include the arrival in Southern Britain of the Belgae from the end of the 2nd century BC, as described in Caesar's "Commentaries on the Gallic War".
  • The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory of the Eburones, a people who were described as both Belgae and Germani.
  • His first work was "De jure belli belgici adversus Philippum" (1596). He wrote also a biography of his brother, "Vita Guillelmi Verheiden Belgae" (1598).
  • An island in this vicinity was surveyed and photographed by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache in the year 1898.

  • The Belgae Celtic culture colonised much of South-Eastern England in the 1st century BC, with Welwyn in the area believed to have been settled by the Catuvellauni tribe.
  • Alpinius Montanus (fl. 1st century CE) was one of the Treviri, a tribe of the Belgae, the indigenous peoples living in northern Gaul.
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