HI346 Lecture 7: HI346P 7 - Proconsul in Gaul
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Ligurian aboriginal populations: insubres populated n. italy during 7th-6th century bce between milan and cremona, lingures lived near the n. mediterreanean coast straddling se french and nw italian coasts, including parts of tuscany, elba island and corsica. Lingurian is an indo-european language with both italic and celtic affinities: veneti were an indo-european people who inhabited the modern day region of veneto, By the 4th century bce the veneti had been so celticized that they seemed identical to the gauls except in language: the province was governed from mutina (modena) where in 73 bce forces under. In 49 bce julius caesar granted the populations of the province the full roman citizenship with lex roscia: rubicon river marked its southern boundary with italia proper. Tranalpine gaul: located in what is now languedoc and provence, france. Nostra (our province) from having been the first roman province north of the alps. Became a province in the late 2nd century bce.
