BIBRACTE
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Originally appearing in Volume
V03,
Page 911
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
BIBRACTE
, an See also:ancient Gaulish See also:town, the See also:modern Mont Beuvray, near
.
See also:Autun in See also:France
.
Here, on a hilltop 2500 ft. above See also:sea-level, excavation has revealed a vast See also:area of 330 acres, girt with a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and See also:wood rampart 3 M. See also:long, and containing the remains of dwelling-houses, a See also:temple of Bibractis, and the workshops of See also:iron and See also:bronze workers and enamellers
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It was the See also:capital of the See also:Aedui in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Julius See also:Caesar
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Later on See also:Augustus removed the inhabitants to his new town Augustodfinum (Autun), to destroy the See also:free native traditions
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Another far more obscure town in See also:Gaul, near See also:Reims, also See also:bore the name
.
See Eulliot, Fouilles de Beuvray; Dechelette, Oppidum de Bibracte; also references 5.v
.
AEDU1
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