De bello gallico: Commentarius primus [- septimus], Volume 5Clarendon Press, 1914 |
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Page xxxvii
... coinage ; and the knowledge of writing , in Greek and in Roman characters , was not confined to the priests . Diodorus Siculus1 remarks that the Gauls threw letters ... Coins . Caesar , after he had defeated the Helvetii INTRODUCTION xxxvii.
... coinage ; and the knowledge of writing , in Greek and in Roman characters , was not confined to the priests . Diodorus Siculus1 remarks that the Gauls threw letters ... Coins . Caesar , after he had defeated the Helvetii INTRODUCTION xxxvii.
Page xxxviii
... coins which have just been mentioned require special notice ; for none of the antiquities of the Later Iron Age have thrown more light upon the culture of the Gauls . The oldest were copied in the earlier half of the third century ...
... coins which have just been mentioned require special notice ; for none of the antiquities of the Later Iron Age have thrown more light upon the culture of the Gauls . The oldest were copied in the earlier half of the third century ...
Page xxxix
... coins , indeed , must have been circulated in Gaul after the colonization of Narbo ; and Roman influence is apparent on many Gallic coins , for example in a figure of Pegasus , which appears on one that bears the name of Tasgetius ...
... coins , indeed , must have been circulated in Gaul after the colonization of Narbo ; and Roman influence is apparent on many Gallic coins , for example in a figure of Pegasus , which appears on one that bears the name of Tasgetius ...
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... coins , may represent the instrument with which the bards accompanied their songs . It is remarkable that all the coins which have been found in the great strongholds are of late date - not earlier than about a hundred years before the ...
... coins , may represent the instrument with which the bards accompanied their songs . It is remarkable that all the coins which have been found in the great strongholds are of late date - not earlier than about a hundred years before the ...
Page xli
... coins , to the latest period of the Celtic Iron Age . Besides these relics of native workmanship were painted vases , imported from Italy , which Gallic artificers soon learned to imitate . But the growth of material prosperity had not ...
... coins , to the latest period of the Celtic Iron Age . Besides these relics of native workmanship were painted vases , imported from Italy , which Gallic artificers soon learned to imitate . But the growth of material prosperity had not ...
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