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/Home/Historical Studies/History/Regional History/Europe/Belgium Belgium History / The Ancient Celts Votes:0 Europe | Geographia World Introduction to Belgium | Brussels | History | Art Cities Clickable Timeline The Ancient Celts Beginning in 57 BC, Julius Caesar extended the power of Rome into the region of Europe that is now Belgium. The people he encountered there were the Belgae, one of the various Celtic tribes of early Gaul, and the Romans dubbed their new province Gallia Belgica. In the fourth century AD, with Rome in decline, control of Gaul was ceded to the Franks, a Germanic tribe that the weakened empire employed as mercenaries. As the Franks flourished, they decided to dispense with their Roman employers. By 431, they had established an independent dynasty, the Merovingian, with its capital at Tournai. Soon after, under Clovis I (c.466-511), the Merovingians succeeded in pummeling the Read More Go to Site CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Antwerp Votes:0 Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers Bible Library A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Home > Catholic Encyclopedia > A > Antwerp Antwerp (ANVERS, ANTVERPEN, Spanish AMBERES) A city of Belgium , in the archdiocese of Mechlin , situated on the Scheldt (Escaut), about sixty miles from the sea, at the confluence of the little river Schyn, once navigable. Its foundation was probably due to some wandering Teutonic tribe; the people were certainly Christian from about the middle of the seventh century (Diercxsen, Antuerpia Christo nascens ab an. 641, etc., Antwerp, 1747-1773), as is seen by the famous saints that met with in its history as the Irish virgin Dympna, Eligius, Amandus and Willibrord. It was pillaged by the Northmen in 835, but soon arose from its ruins. In the tenth and e Read More Go to Site History of Belgium Votes:0 Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Free Travel Cheap Tickets Auction Newsletter Immigration Affiliate Make Money Belgium HISTORY Belgium has existed essentially in its present form since 1830, when an uprising led to independence from The Netherlands. The country's name goes back to a Celtic tribe, the Belgae, whom Julius Caesar described as the most courageous tribe in all of Gaul. The Belgae were overwhelmed, however, by Caesar's legions around 50 BC, and for 300 years the area was a Roman province. Some scholars believe that the southern part of Belgium was the northernmost area of true Roman cultural penetration, beyond which Latin never really took hold. The proto-Dutch language, spoken by the Frankish invaders who swept through the Roman Empire in the 4th Read More Go to Site The History of Belgium Votes:0 The HISTORY of Belgium PREHISTORY and ANTIQUITY (100,000 B.C. - 400 A.D.) Belgian history began some hundred thousand years ago with the arrival of the Neanderthal man. He hunted and protected himself with animal skins. Around 20,000 years ago, modern man entered Belgium. In the Mesolithic period (from 9000 B.C.) man combined hunting with gathering. He perfected his tools. Around 2600 B.C. (Neolithic period) agriculture appeared in the regions of Belgium. There were also mining activities (silex mines) at Spiennes in the province of Hainaut. At the same time megalithic monuments were erected in the province of Luxembourg. The Bronze Age came rather late to Belgium (1600 B.C.). The Iron Age started around the VIIIth century B.C. Before the Romans conquered the region in 57 B.C., Belgium was Read More Go to Site

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