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- Map of Cisalpine Gaul, extending from Venice on the Adriatic, to Pisa and Nice on the Mediterranean, to Lake Geneva in the west, and the Alps in the North, from Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world.
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Cisalpine Gaul (Latin: Gallia Cisalpina, also called Gallia Citerior or Gallia Togata) was the name given, especially during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, to a region of land inhabited by Celts , corresponding to what is now most of northern Italy.
Cisalpine Gaul, in ancient Roman times, the part of northern Italy between the Apennines and the Alps settled by Celtic tribes. Rome conquered the Celts between 224 and 220 bce, extending its northeastern frontier to the Julian Alps. When Hannibal invaded Italy in 218 bce, the Celts joined his.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 28, 2017 · Roman Gaul is an umbrella term for several Roman provinces in western Europe: Cisalpine Gaul or Gallia Cisalpina , comprised a territory situated in the northernmost part of the Italian peninsula ranging from the Apennines in the west northward to the Alps, specifically the plains of the Po River.
- Donald L. Wasson
Photo Map. Cisalpine Gaul was the name given, especially during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, to a region of land inhabited by Celts, corresponding to what is now most of northern Italy.
Map of Cisalpine Gaul, extending from Venice on the Adriatic, to Pisa and Nice on the Mediterranean, to Lake Geneva in the west, and the Alps in the North, from Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world.
A map of Cisalpine Gaul showing the approximate distributions of Celtic populations in the area during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. In 232 BC, the Tribune Gaius Flaminius proposed and passed an agrarian law, ceding land to legionary veterans and poorer classes of citizens.
May 30, 2024 · Quick Reference. The northern region comprising the Po (Padus) plain and its mountain fringes from the Apennines to the Alps was known to the Romans as Cisalpine Gaul. In the middle republic it was not considered part of Italy, which extended only to the foothills of the Apennines along a line roughly from Pisae to Ariminum.
