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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Gens Braccata

Trousered people. The Romans wore no trousers like the Gauls, Scythians, and Persians. The Gauls wore “braccæ” and were called Gens braccata.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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