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FranceFrance is a country in western Europe. The capital is Paris HistoryThe Basques? have been in southwestern France for a long time. The Gauls were there around 2500 years ago when the Greeks? had settlements in the south, at places such as Marseilles, France?. Later, Julius Caesar? led the Romans in a successful war of conquest, capturing the Gauls' leader Vercingetorix. As the Western Roman Empire? decayed, invasions by Germanic tribes? increased. Among these were the Franks. Wars |