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Bibracte was not dismantled; archaeology shows that it continued to be used for religious purposes and "fairs" for a long time after the founding of Augustodunum. I've also seen it argued that the Aedui themselves, willing (or at least calculating) allies of Rome since the 120s, were active participants in creating the new city; as such, they helped shape the distinctive cultural identity we refer to as "Gallo-Roman". There is a distinctive style of religious architecture in southern and central Gaul, built in stone by Roman engineering methods, but not designed like Roman temples; rather, it seems to reflect Gallic religious practice. This is the kind of thing that shows up in Augustodunum. History shows that the Aedui as a whole were exceptionally astute at politics. The first Gauls from Comata to gain admission to the Roman senate were Aedui. The high priest at the founding of the Temple of the Three Gauls, though it wasn't in Aeduan territory, was an Aeduan. The construction of an expensive new planned city would have been a way to assert their own strength and status within the new Gallic political reality. The development of Augustodunum as a center of learning in late antiquity is also a testament to their enormous appetite for expanding their cultural horizons, which did not mean turning their backs on their own religion and customs, as inscriptions and visual art show. I'll try to revisit the article in future when I have time to be more helpful (i.e., with sources). Cynwolfe (talk) 15:48, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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The Aedui are, more than any other nation of Gaul, the one to whom I would attach 'high' importance on the rating scale. They were the most powerful and advanced people of the late La Tène, and they played a pivotal role in the Gallic Wars and the Augustan period. Q·L·1968☿20:46, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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The user romanzazvorka added a map in February to this page and to the "Gauls" article that has been ripped directly from the computer game Total War: Rome II, with a few minor text edits included. Not only is it probably copyrighted content, there's little historical value to it. Can a better map be found, or the previous map reinstated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.70.20.92 (talk) 14:24, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Brill´s Neue Pauly, somewhat of an authority on Classical Antiquity, gives preference to Haedui over Aedui. (Prof. Yves Lafond from the University of Poitiers wrote the article.) However, Celticist Dr. Ranko Matasović proposes a Proto-Celtic *aydu- 'fire' from PIE *h₂eydhos 'firewood' in his Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Maybe some Celticists out there could have a look at some other presumed etymologies for the name. Artaynte (talk) 15:54, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
