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BIBRACTE

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 911 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 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. It was the See also:capital of the See also:Aedui in the See also:time of See also:Julius See also:Caesar. Later on See also:Augustus removed the inhabitants to his new town Augustodfinum (Autun), to destroy the See also:free native traditions. 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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