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Anybody heard of Bibractis?

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  Posted by Marymog (U2978107) on Tuesday, 17th January 2006

  Hi
  I read in a book somewhere that there was a place called Bibractis, near to Arles in france, and it was attacked by the romans, and finished off by the Holy roman empire, at the beginning of the AD time.
  cant remember where i read it!!
  
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  Posted by mvarennes (U2373372) on Wednesday, 18th January 2006

  You probably heard about it in a book describing the invasion of Romains in Gaul.
  Bibractis, famous for the druids....
  
  Easy to find on google...

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  Posted by Geoff (U1756575) on Wednesday, 18th January 2006

  Try clicking onto Google and you'll find about 150 entries on it. Take your pick.

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  Posted by Richie (U1238064) on Wednesday, 18th January 2006

  Hi
  I read in a book somewhere that there was a place called Bibractis, near to Arles in france, and it was attacked by the romans, and finished off by the Holy roman empire, at the beginning of the AD time.
  cant remember where i read it!!
  
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  Can't say I've heard of Bibractis myself, but I seriously doubt that the HRE was attacking it in the early centuries AD as the HRE didn't come about till much later

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  Posted by Marymog (U2978107) on Wednesday, 18th January 2006

  Thanks awfully for the internet tip, I remeber looking a few years ago and i found nothing, now I found the name of the writer of the passages I had read. It was a belgian.When i typed in bibractis i got alot of pages telling me to meditate!! but when I typed in Bibracte i got the info i was looking for,
  heres an excerpt......................
  
  From St-Léger, it's the best part of a two-hour walk, or 8km by road, to BIBRACTE on top of the hill, at an altitude of 800m. If you want to recapture a Celtic mood, it's worth doing it on foot along the path winding up through woods of conifer and beech. The settlement of Bibracte, the lines of which you can still follow through the trees, was inhabited from 5000 BC. In 52 BC it was the scene of an assembly of all the Gallic tribes, which resulted in the election of Vercingétorix as their commander-in-chief, in one last desperate attempt to fight off Roman imperialism. Although it is two millennia since Bibracte was abandoned – probably on Roman orders – vague memories of its significance were preserved in the folk tales of the Morvan and a fair was held on the summit every May until the beginning of World War I. Close to the fortified earthwork that surrounds the site, great ceremonial stones like the Pierre de la Wivre are still standing. The Bibracte Musée de la Civilisation Celtique (daily except Tues: July & Aug 10am–7pm; Sept–June 10am–6pm; €5.50 museum entry, €8 with guided tour of archeological site; tel 03.85.86.52.35 for bookings) is a fascinating state-of-the-art museum displaying the many Celtic coins, jugs, platters and pieces of statues unearthed from the neighbouring archeological site.
  
  i didnt remember the history bit very well, the romans wasted it and constantine forcibly moved the inhabitants to Autun (place nearby)
  
  
  thanks guys
  
  marymog

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