Gaul, French Gaule, Latin Gallia, the region inhabited by the ancient Gauls,
comprising modern-day
France and parts of
Belgium, western
Germany, and northern
Italy. A Celtic race, the
Gauls lived in an agricultural society divided into several tribes ruled by a landed class.
By the 5th century BC the Gauls had migrated south from the
Rhine Rivervalley to the Mediterranean coast. By the middle of the 4th century BC various Gallic tribes had established themselves across northern Italy from Milan to the Adriatic coast. The region of Italy occupied by the Gauls was called
Cisalpine Gaul (“Gaul this side of the Alps”) by the Romans. In 390 BC the Gauls seized and plundered the city of Rome. This humiliation helped to inspire the Romans’ drive to conquer Gaul. The Cisalpine Gauls pushed into central Italy by 284. In a series of confrontations, the Romans defeated the tribe of the Insubres, took Milan, and established colonies in a buffer zone. In the
Second Punic War, Hannibal of
Carthage made an alliance with the Gallic Cenomani against the Romans; the Romans prevailed, however, and by 181
Rome had subjugated and colonized Cisalpine Gaul.
During 53–50 Caesar was engaged in suppressing a Gallic revolt led by
Vercingetorix. He treated the Gauls generously, leaving their cities with a significant measure of
autonomy, and thus secured the
allegiance of Gallic soldiers in his civil wars against Pompey in 49–45. A former religious centre of Gallic society, Lugdunum (Lyon) became the capital of Roman Gaul. The country was divided into four provinces: Narbonensis, Aquitania to the west and south of the Loire,
Celtica (or Lugdunensis) in central France between the Loire and the Seine, and
Belgica in the north and east. The Romans built towns and roads throughout Gaul and taxed the old Gallic landowning class while promoting the development of a middle class of merchants and tradesmen. The emperor
Tiberius was obliged to suppress a rebellion of the nobles in 21 AD, and the assimilation of the Gallic
aristocracy was secured when the emperor
Claudius (41–54 AD) made them eligible for seats in the Roman Senate and appointed them to governing posts in Gaul.
During 53–50 Caesar was engaged in suppressing a Gallic revolt led by
Vercingetorix. He treated the Gauls generously, leaving their cities with a significant measure of
autonomy, and thus secured the
allegiance of Gallic soldiers in his civil wars against Pompey in 49–45. A former religious centre of Gallic society, Lugdunum (Lyon) became the capital of Roman Gaul. The country was divided into four provinces: Narbonensis, Aquitania to the west and south of the Loire,
Celtica (or Lugdunensis) in central France between the Loire and the Seine, and
Belgica in the north and east. The Romans built towns and roads throughout Gaul and taxed the old Gallic landowning class while promoting the development of a middle class of merchants and tradesmen. The emperor
Tiberius was obliged to suppress a rebellion of the nobles in 21 AD, and the assimilation of the Gallic
aristocracy was secured when the emperor
Claudius (41–54 AD) made them eligible for seats in the Roman Senate and appointed them to governing posts in Gaul.
In 260 Gaul, Spain, and Britain formed an independent Gallic empire, governed from Trier. The emperor Aurelian reclaimed Gaul for Rome in 273, but Germanic tribes devastated the country as far as Spain. Under Diocletian and his successors, reforms in defense and administration were instituted, but Gaul became a centre of the unrest that was fragmenting the empire. In the middle of the 4th century the tide of invasions swelled. By the 5th century the Visigoths had taken Aquitania, the Franks ruled Belgica, and the Burgundians dominated the Rhine. By the time the kingdom of the Frankish Merovingians arose, in the early 6th century, the Romans had lost control of Gaul.
In the end, Gaul proved to be an important repository of Roman
culture. Gallic writers long kept the classical Roman literary tradition alive. Many of the amphitheatres, aqueducts, and other Roman works built in Gaul still stand.
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