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Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam
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35:were a tribe that lived in the region between the
23:The tribes confederated as the Aquitani and other
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451:Lactorates or Lectorates in and around
136:, who defeated them in his campaign in
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371:and Pays de Born, in the Northwest of
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406:Lugdunum Convenarum
321:in the east around
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1060:Convenae
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