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[- 44 -] Next he made a campaign against the Morini and Menapii, their neighbors, expecting to terrify them by what he had already accomplished and capture them easily.
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At the close of the season Caesar raided the territories of the Morini and Menapii in the extreme north-west.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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The bishopric of Liége extended between the Meuse and the Dyle, within the limits occupied formerly by that of Tongres; that of Cambrai, between the Dyle and the Scheldt (Nervii); that of Noyon, between the Scheldt and the sea (Menapii); and that of Térouanne, along the Yser valley
Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915
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It was a specialized industry, the natural development of the ancient clothmaking of the Menapii mentioned above, and the predecessor of the cloth-weaving for which Flanders acquired a world-wide reputation during the subsequent centuries.
Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915
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From the early days of the Menapii the inhabitants of
Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915
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Flanders was inhabited by the Morini, the Menapii, and the Nervii.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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They succeeded in conquering the Menapii and Lucani.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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They unite to themselves as allies for that war, the Osismii, the Lexovii, the Nannetes, the Ambiliati, the Morini, the Diablintes, and the Menapii; and send for auxiliaries from Britain, which is situated over against those regions.
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The Menapii bordered on the territories of the Eburones, and were protected by one continued extent of morasses and woods; and they alone out of Gaul had never sent embassadors to Caesar on the subject of peace.
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Ho thought that these auxiliaries ought to be detached from him before he provoked him to war; lest he, despairing of safety, should either proceed to conceal himself in the territories of the Menapii, or should be driven to coalesce with the Germans beyond the Rhine.
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