Gotama

Dunlop, Hist. of Prose Fiction, I. 355. Gaul, Cisalpine. [L. Gallia Cisalpina (or Ci- terior ).] In ancient history, that part of Gaul lying on this side the Alps (that is, from Rome, on the southern side of the Alps). It extended from the Alps southward and eastward. A Roman colony was founded at Sena Gallica 282 B. C. Part of the country was reduced between the first and second Punic wars, Milan and Como being captured, and the conquest was completed 201-191 B. C. It was made a Roman province, and was incorporated with Italy 43 B. C. Gaul, Cispadane. [L. Gallia Cispadana .] In ancient geography, the part of Cisalpine Gaul this side (south) of the Po. Gaul, Transalpine. [L. Gallia Trans alp in a.] In ancient geography, that part of Gaul which lay beyond the Alps (that is, north and north- west of the Alps from Rome). It comprised in the Roman period Narbonensis, A quit an i a, Lugdunensis, and Belgica. Its ancient inhabitants were Gauls, Iberians, and Germans. Many remains of older inhabitants have been discovered, especially in the center of Gaul (Au- vergne, etc.). The Gallic antiquities are especially numer- ous in the north (Britt any). Some Greek colonies were planted in early times in the south (see Marseilles ). The Roman settlements were made first in the southeast, in the end of the 2d century B. C. (see Provence and Narbo- nensis). Gaul was thoroughly conquered by Julius Cæsar 58-51 В. С.