Gallia Cisalpina

• Gallia Cisalpina was the area of Roman Italy south of the Alps and north of the River Rubicon.
• It became a Roman Senatorial Propraetorial Province in 203 BCE.

History

• Originally Gaul was divided into two Roman Provinces:
  1. Gallia Cisalpina
     • or Nearer Gaul meaning Gaul this side of the Alps, north of the River Rubicon.
  2. Gallia Transalpina
     • or Further Gaul meaning Gaul on the other side of the Alps.

• In 49 BCE Julius Caesar gave the inhabitants of Gallia Cisalpina Roman Citizenship.
• In 41 BCE Gallia Cisalpina was absorbed into Italy and later divided into 4 Regions which then became part of the 11 Regions of Italia:
  1. Regio VIII Gallia Cispadana
  2. Regio IX Liguria
  3. Regio X Venetia et Histria
  4. Regio XI Gallia Transpadana