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Asterix
Asterix ( or , "Asterix the Gaul"; also known as Asterix and Obelix in some adaptations or The Adventures of Asterix) is a French comic album series about a Gaulish village which, thanks to a magic potion that enhances strength, resists the forces of Julius Caesar's Roman Republic Army in the time after the Gallic Wars. Many adventures take the titular hero Asterix and his friend Obelix to Rome and beyond.
Cotentin Peninsula
peninsula
Erquy
Erquy (; ; Gallo: Erqi) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Q157030
main-belt asteroid
Armorica
thumb|300px|The Roman geographical area of Armorica. The Seine and the Loire are marked in red.
Veneti
Gallic tribe
Bagaudae
Bagaudae (also spelled plu. bacaudae or bacauda singular) were groups of peasant insurgents in the western parts of the later Roman Empire, who arose during the Crisis of the Third Century and persisted until the very end of the Western Empire, particularly in the less-Romanised areas of Gallia and Hispania. They were affected by the depredations of the late Roman state, wealthy landowners, and clerics.
Armorican Massif
geologic massif that covers a large area in the northwest of France
Pays de Caux
area in Normandy
Aífe
thumb|Painting of Aoife by John Duncan (painter)|John Duncan ' (Old Irish), spelled ' () in Modern Irish and Scots Gaelic, is a character from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. She appears in the sagas Tochmarc Emire ("the wooing of Emer") and Aided Óenfhir Aífe ("the death of Aífe's only son"). In Tochmarc Emire she lives east of a land called Alpi, usually understood to mean Alba (Scotland), where she is at war with a rival woman warrior, Scáthach. In Aided Óenfhir Aífe she lives in Letha (the Armorican peninsula), and is Scáthach's sister as well as rival – they are both daughters of Árd
Osismii
thumb|upright=1.5|Coins of the Osismii. The Osismii or Ostimii were a Gallic tribe living in the western part of the Armorican Peninsula (modern Brittany) during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Riedones
thumb|Redonan stater (ca. 80-50 BC).|276x276px The Redones or Riedones (Gaulish: Rēdones, later Riedones, 'chariot- or horse-drivers') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the eastern part of the Brittany peninsula during the Iron Age and subsequent Roman conquest of Gaul. Their capital was at Condate, the site of modern day Rennes.
Andecavi
thumb|280x280px|Andecavi stater. The Andecavi (also Andicavi, Andegavi, or Andigavi) were a Gallic tribe dwelling in Aremorica during the Roman period.
Diablintes
The Diablintes or Aulerci Diablites (also Diablintres or Diablindes) were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the north of the modern Mayenne department during the Iron Age and the Roman period. They were part of the Aulerci.
Southwestern Brythonic
Branch of Brittonic containing Cornish and Breton
Fragan
Fragan was a 5th-century pre-Congregational saint and Prince of Scotland. He is celebrated on 3 October in the Calendar of the Breton Saints, and shares with Gwen a feast day on 5 July in the Roman Calendar.
Domnonée
Domnonée is the modern French form of Domnonia or Dumnonia (Latin for "Devon"; ), a historic kingdom in northern Armorica (modern Brittany). It was founded by British immigrants from Dumnonia in Sub-Roman Britain who fled the Saxon invasions of Britain in the early Middle Ages. Headed by the same ruling dynasty, Domnonée was at times separate from, and at other times united with, its British motherland, and the Latin name Domnonia was applied to both regions interchangeably. On the continent, Domnonée encompassed the areas of Trégor, Dol-de-Bretagne, Goélo, and Penthièvre.
Budic II of Brittany
sub-Roman Breton king
Armorican Tumulus culture
bronze Age archaeological culture in Western Europe
Armorica
continent
Clervie
Klervi (Breton: Klerwi; French: Clervie; Latin: Creirvia; Welsh: Creirwy; born ) was a 5th-century pre-Congregational saint from the Welsh settlement of Ploufragan in Armorica, later a part of Brittany and France.
The Winter King
1995 novel by Bernard Cornwell
Saint Urielle
Breton saint
Saint Ténénan
Chanao I
ruler of Vannetais (550-560 CE)
Sant Riwari
Saint Rivoare, also known as Saint Riware, Saint Riwall, Riware, Rivoal, Rioual or Rivoaré, is one of a number of semi-legendary Breton saints from Armorica. His feast is 19 September.
Ethbin
Saint Yban, also known as Saint Ethbin, saint Iboan, saint Diboan, saint Diboen, saint Iben, saint Ibe, saint Abibon, saint Languis, saint Langui, saint Idunet, saint Ivinec, is one of a number of semi-legendary Breton saints from Armorica who are recognized by the Catholic Church. He was a disciple of Saint Winwaloe. He founded a priory which is today the city of Châteaulin.