Roman Gaul

Roman Gaul was a colony in France and the Low Countries (Europe) that lasted from 50 BCE to 486 CE, about 535 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

Caesar's conquest made Gaul a set of Roman provinces whose cities, roads and Latin speech outlasted the empire. Clovis took the last Roman enclave in 486.

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Facts

Dates

50 BCE to 486 CE

Duration

535 years

Type

Colony

Region

France and the Low Countries, Europe

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Lugdunum, later Trier and Arles

Came from

• Gauls c. 800 to 50 BCE

Became

• Domain of Soissons 457 to 486 CE
• Merovingian Kingdom 481 to 751 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 44 BCE Assassination of Julius Caesar
• 9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
• 313 Edict of Milan
• 330 Constantinople dedicated
• 410 Visigoths sack Rome
• 476 End of the Western Roman Empire

Neighbours in Europe

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE
• Roman Hispania 218 BCE to 472 CE
• Roman Britain 43 to 410 CE
• Merovingian Kingdom 481 to 751 CE
• Dacian Kingdom c. 82 BCE to 106 CE
• Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse 418 to 507 CE
• Western Roman Empire 395 to 476 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia

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