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Uxellodunum

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Uxellodunum is an iron age hill fort, or oppidum, located above the river Dordogne near the modern-day French village of Vayrac in the Lot department. [1]

27 relations: Aulus Hirtius, Capdenac, Charles Athanase Walckenaer, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Department (country subdivision), Dordogne (river), Dun, Frontinus, Gaius Caninius Rebilus, Gaul, Google Maps, Hillfort, Iron Age, Julius Caesar, La Dépêche du Midi, Legatus, Lot (department), Lot (river), Lucterius, Martel, Lot, Ministry of Culture (France), Oppidum, Roman legion, Senones, Strategemata, Tribe, Vayrac.

Aulus Hirtius

Aulus Hirtius (c. 90 – 43 BC) was one of the consuls of the Roman Republic and a writer on military subjects.

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Capdenac

Capdenac is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

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Charles Athanase Walckenaer

Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant and scientist.

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Commentarii de Bello Gallico

Commentāriī dē Bellō Gallicō (italic), also Bellum Gallicum (italic), is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative.

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Department (country subdivision)

A department is an administrative or political subdivision in many countries.

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Dordogne (river)

The Dordogne (Dordonha, La Dordogne) is a river in south-central and southwest France.

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Dun

A dun is an ancient or medieval fort.

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Frontinus

Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40 – 103 AD) was a prominent Roman civil engineer, author, and politician of the late 1st century AD.

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Gaius Caninius Rebilus

Gaius Caninius Rebilus, a member of the plebeian gens Caninia, was a Roman general and politician.

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Gaul

Gaul (Latin: Gallia) was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age that was inhabited by Celtic tribes, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine.

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Google Maps

Google Maps is a web mapping service developed by Google.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age system, preceded by the Stone Age (Neolithic) and the Bronze Age.

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Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), known by his cognomen Julius Caesar, was a Roman politician and military general who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

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La Dépêche du Midi

La Dépêche, formally La Dépêche du Midi, is a regional daily newspaper published in Toulouse in south-west France with 17 editions for different areas of the Midi-Pyrénées region.

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Legatus

A legatus (anglicized as legate) was a high ranking Roman military officer in the Roman Army, equivalent to a modern high ranking general officer.

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Lot (department)

Lot (Òlt) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot River.

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Lot (river)

The Lot,, originally the Olt (Òlt; Oltis), is a river in France.

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Lucterius

Lucterius (Ancient Greek: Λυκτεριoς) was a leader of the Carduci, a Celtic people whose territory was located around Cahors in the modern French department of Lot.

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Martel, Lot

Martel is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France.

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Ministry of Culture (France)

The Ministry of Culture (Ministère de la Culture) is the ministry of the Government of France in charge of national museums and the monuments historiques.

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Oppidum

An oppidum (plural oppida) is a large fortified Iron Age settlement.

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Roman legion

A Roman legion (from Latin legio "military levy, conscription", from legere "to choose") was a large unit of the Roman army.

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Senones

The Senones (Σήνωνες) were an ancient Celtic Gallic culture.

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Strategemata

Strategemata, or Stratagems, is a work by Frontinus, a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history, ostensibly for the use of generals.

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Tribe

A tribe is viewed developmentally, economically and historically as a social group existing outside of or before the development of states.

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Vayrac

Vayrac is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uxellodunum

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