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Helvetii

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Hel·ve·ti·i  (hl-vsh-)
pl.n.
A Celtic people inhabiting western Switzerland during the time of Julius Caesar.

[Latin Helvti.]

Helvetii [hɛlˈviːʃɪˌaɪ]
pl n
(Social Science / Peoples) (Historical Terms) a Celtic tribe from SW Germany who settled in Helvetia from about 200 bc


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Settala: "Homeri quidem tempore Graeciam sub regibus fuisse, at non Hippocratis aetate tunc enim omnes ferma Graeciae populi sine regibus atque tyrannis erant: quoniam quamvis inter se de principatu, et finibus certarent, pro libertate tamen in unum conspirabant adversus tyrannos, non secus, quam nostro tempore Helvetii consentiunt inter se" (437).
 
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