Gaul
From Hull AWE
Gaul is the adapted transliteration of the Latin name Gallia, a region of western Europe inhabited by Celtic tribes which became a Roman province in the last two centuries before the Common Era, and the corresponding adjective gallus, an inhabitant of the region.
- Julius Caesar wrote an account of the final subjugation of Gaul in De Bello Gallico (On the Gallic War), a record of his military activities in Gaul in 58-52 which finally defeated the Gauls.
- The coq gaulois (Gallic rooster) is the historical emblem of France, used as a badge in several sporting contexts such as Rugby union football. The formal biological name for the species of the domestic fowl is Gallus Gallus Domesticus; it belongs to the order Galliformes. Both these terms are derived from Latin gallus ('cock'), which may have only a coincidental relationship with Gallus, an inhabitant of Gaul.
- Julius Caesar wrote an account of the final subjugation of Gaul in De Bello Gallico (On the Gallic War), a record of his military activities in Gaul in 58-52 which finally defeated the Gauls.
- It was used as the name of the Hull trawler the FV Gaul, which was lost in 1974.
