Belgae

[ bel-jee ]

/ ˈbɛl dʒi /

an ancient chiefly Celtic people that lived in northern Gaul.

Example sentences from the Web for belgae

The Belgae were in many respects a superior race to most of their blood-allies.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume I.(of III) 1555-66 |John Lothrop Motley
Caesar raised two new legions, making eight in all, and marched against the Belgae as soon as the spring opened.

History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD |Robert F. Pennell
In 103 they marched back through Gaul, which they overran as far as the Seine, where the Belgae made a stout resistance.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 |Various
The Belgae, and other Germanic tribes, were also on the move.

The Prehistoric World |E. A. Allen

From them he learned that the Belgae could muster about 300,000 men.

History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD |Robert F. Pennell

Belgae

/ (ˈbɛldʒiː, ˈbɛlɡaɪ) /

an ancient Celtic people who in Roman times inhabited present-day Belgium and N France

Belgic, adjective