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Roman Gaul: The History of Gaul as a Province of the Ancient Roman Empire

Roman Gaul: The History of Gaul as a Province of the Ancient Roman Empire

Paperback

Ancient Rome

ISBN10: 1726035190
ISBN13: 9781726035194
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Aug 23 2018
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.23 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
*Includes pictures
*Includes ancient accounts
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading
In the minds of most people today, Gaul equates to modern France. However, the vast geographical area that Caesar named Gaul, in fact, was made up of a number of very distinct regions and covered, in addition to modern-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, parts of the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Northern Italy. The Romans called the northern area of the Italian peninsula, which is now part of modern Italy, Cisalpine Gaul, or Gaul on this side of the Alps. Early Romans did not even consider this region as part of Italy and repeated incursions southwards, and the sacking of Rome itself in 390 BCE, resulted in Rome taking full control of the area in 221 BCE and thoroughly Romanizing it to the extent that even the Celtic language totally disappeared and was replaced by Latin. The region was initially a province but by the beginning of the 1st century BCE, it had become fully integrated into the Roman heartland and became an administrative region of Italy rather than a province.

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