- Gaul was Gallia to the Romans, and included the area of modern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Western Germany up to the Rhine, Switzerland and Italy north of the river Rubicon.
- After the Roman Conquest, (Gallic Wars (58-51 BCE), Gaul was known as Gallia Comata. After 22 BCE, Gaul was renamed and divided into the Four Gauls. Gaul was a Roman Province for the next 400 years.
History
- Gallia Cisalpina (203 BCE_
- 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.
- Gallia Transalpina (123 BCE)
- Gallia Transalpina meant Further Gaul and was the Roman Province in Gaul on the other side of the Alps, conquered in 123 BCE.
- It became a Roman Senatorial Propraetorial Province in 121 BCE.
- Gallic Wars (58-51 BCE)
- The Gallic Wars (58-51 BCE) were a series of Battles conducted by Julius Caesar against the Celtic Tribes in Gaul, ending in their complete defeat at the Battle of Alesia in 52 BCE.
- Gaul then became a Roman Province for the next 400 years. The main sources for the Gallic Wars is De Bello Gallico, written by Julius Caesar himself.
- Gallia Comata (51 BCE)
- Gallia Comata was the Roman name for the Province of Gaul between 51-22 BCE.
- Julius Caesar, in his Commentarii De Bello Gallico, describes Gaul as consisting of three separate groups of Gauls:
- The Aquitani, separated by the Garonne.
- The Belgae, separated by the Seine and the Marne.
- The Galli or Celtae, inbetween the other two.
- The Four Gauls (22 BCE)
- Gallia Narbonensis
- formerly Gallia Transalpina (Capital at Narbonne)
- Gallia Lugdunensis
- (Capital at Lyon)
- Gallia Aquitania
- (Capital at Bordeaux)
- Gallia Belgica
- Gallia Narbonensis
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