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minus-squareDivingPinguin@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day ago‘Belgium’ comes from the latin ‘bellum’.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoWhile the Belgae are the bravest of all the Gauls, I don’t think that’s quite where the name comes from!
minus-squarewebghost0101@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 hours agoThe second part of that quote can be summarised as “Because they are an uncivilised bunch of warmongers”
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‘Belgium’ comes from the latin ‘bellum’.
While the Belgae are the bravest of all the Gauls, I don’t think that’s quite where the name comes from!
The second part of that quote can be summarised as
“Because they are an uncivilised bunch of warmongers”