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A shrug is an emblem, meaning that it integrates the vocabulary of only certain cultures and may be used in place of words. [3] In many countries, such as the United States , Sweden and Morocco , a shrug represents hesitation or lack of knowledge; however, in other countries, such as Japan and China , shrugging is uncommon and is not used to ...
A Gallic warrior dressed in Roman lorica hamata with a cloak over it.Wearing a torc around his neck, he also wields a Celtic-style shield although the proportions of the body and the overall realism are more in line with Classical and Roman art than with the Celtic depictions of soldiers.
With a Gallic shrug, Fed bids adieu to the recession that wasn't. Howard Schneider, Indradip Ghosh ... By one common, though not technically accurate, definition the country had already entered a ...
Gallic is an adjective that may describe: ancient Gaul (Latin: Gallia), roughly corresponding to the territory of modern France pertaining to the Gauls; Roman Gaul (1st century BC to 5th century) Gallic Empire (260–273) Frankish Gaul (5th to 8th centuries) A Latinism for France, the French people, and their customs
The Ludovisi Gaul is a Roman copy of the early second century AD, of a Hellenistic original, ca 230–20 BC. The original bronzes may have been commissioned by Attalus I of Pergamon to celebrate his victory over the Galatians, the Celtic or Gaulish people of parts of Anatolia.
Cairn Capercaillie Claymore Trousers Bard [1] The word's earliest appearance in English is in 15th century Scotland with the meaning "vagabond minstrel".The modern literary meaning, which began in the 17th century, is heavily influenced by the presence of the word in ancient Greek (bardos) and ancient Latin (bardus) writings (e.g. used by the poet Lucan, 1st century AD), which in turn took the ...
The First French Republic, in line with its common practice of reviving names and concepts from Roman times, gave the name "Légion des Allobroges" to a unit of the French Revolutionary Army that consisted mainly of volunteers from Switzerland, Piedmont and Savoy - very roughly corresponding to what had been the lands of the Allobroges.
A list of English Language words derived from the Celtic Gaulish language, entering English via Old Frankish or Vulgar Latin and Old French. ambassador from Old French embassadeur, from Latin ambactus, from Gaulish *ambactos, "servant", "henchman", "one who goes about".