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Armorica

Armorica was the ancient name for the north-western part of Gaul between the Seine and the Loire, including the peninsula of modern Brittany. Its Gallic peoples, among them the Veneti and Osismii, traded across the Channel with Britain and were conquered by Julius Caesar in 56 BCE. Migration from south-west Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries gave the peninsula its later name, Brittany.

Armorica
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VenetiAbrincatuiDurotrigesKingdom of DumnoniaDomnonée

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