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(last upload for tonight, I swear)
I must say, my Ancient Celts OCs are being severely neglected by me and I feel bad about this. The last proper time I drew Gaul must have been about... 3 years ago?

And in all this time, I never honestly made a point about the fact that he is not the representation of all of Gaul, simply because that is a massive territory with many regional differences. So, I would rather talk about Gaulish siblings instead of one Gaul. But here is a bit of a complication: The guy you see up here was called by Rome "Gaul" and many nations in modern day think of him when they talk about Gaul. The reason for this is that he represented a large chunk of Gaul, and Rome and others did refer to this personification as Gaul because he was the sibling who resisted to the end and struggled fiercely against being "civilized" by Rome. Rome did eventually manage to subjugate him and called him "Gaul" out of spite because Gaul didn't like being called that. Gaul would have mainly referred to himself as "Celtica" (something to this effect) and under Roman rule, he came to represent the province "Gallia Celtica". 

I really need to make a picture of the Gaulish siblings eventually because I feel I can explain it better visually. I'll just jot down the names of the Gaulish siblings in general:
Gaul (Celtica) - Represents the biggest part of Gaul and had a lot of contact with Great Britain and the tribes there. He represents most of the French Celts and was the ancestor of France. Died by the hands of the personification of the Franks when the Franks invaded his lands. 
Cisalpine Gaul - Represents the Italian Celts in North Italy and was for the longest time Rome's bully when Rome was just an itsy-bitsy city state. She would also be the first Celt to be conquered by a vengeful and power-hungry Rome later on. Perished shortly after Rome's death, I believe.
Belgica - She was considered to be the fiercest of the Gaulish siblings and very powerful as well, having some of her kingdoms expand into Great Britain. (mostly through trade and not through invasion, as it was once believed) Belgium got her name from her and Belgica is possibly the ancestor of the BeNeLux countries?? (this one can be debated, I'm fairly certain it could be true for Belgium but not certain about Lux and Netherlands)
Gallia Narbonensis - A bit of a forgotten brother, he was the second of the Gaulish siblings to be conquered by Rome and then was made to represent the province Gallia Narbonensis. Got on very poorly with Gaul Celtica. Interacted a lot more with Celtiberia because of his southerly position and was the ancestor of Occitania, a southern region of France (and Monaco and tiny parts of North Italy) that would also get on very poorly with France.
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valtiowillruleall's avatar
Ooooh he sounds really interesting! All the siblings so, actually!