Gaul Lyon

Lyon Gaul in the Roman Empire, around 120

Lyons sometimes called Gaul Celtic Gaul was one of three provinces (with the Aquitaine and Belgium ) created by Augustus in 27 BC. AD the Roman Gaul (in addition to Narbonne Gaul ).

The shape of geographic band from Lyon to include UK mainland now may seem absurd to our modern eyes. It is due to several reasons:

• Ethnicity: she takes the division of Gaul in Aquitaine, central Gaul and Belgium (see Gallic Wars of Julius Caesar : Gallia is divided in omnis partes very ...).
• politics: it limits the importance of central Gaul in the Gallic tribes connected to the neighboring provinces of Aquitaine and Belgium, but spent most of the central position to the detriment of Eduens Arverni.
• Location: according to the study of the table Peutinger, it seems that the Romans made a schematic representation of the Gallic territory for the organization. Its mass was roughly square divided into four sections of similar area meeting at Lugdunum. We can also assume that this division was trying to respect the geography of watersheds of major rivers and their tributaries.
• Economic: In ancient Gaul river trade in the hands of powerful corporations, is a source of huge profits for the cities and the Lyonnaise connects precisely to the new capital by the Loire, wearing Namnetes, headquarters of the main of these corporations, that of the boatmen of the Loire, and beyond the island of Britain, the main destination of trade.

Gaul, Lyon was an imperial province governed by a legate of Augustus propraetor praetorian rank installed at Lugdunum ( Lyon ). She had particular governor Septimius Severus the future Emperor of North African origin ^Notes

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