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Cisalpine Gaul (Latin: Gallia Cisalpina, meaning "Gaul on this side of the Alps") was the Roman name for a geographical area (later a province of the Roman Republic), in the territory of modern-day northern Italy (including Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Veneto). Sometimes referred to as Gallia Citerior (Hither Gaul), Provincia Ariminum, or Gallia Togata (Toga-wearing Gaul, indicating the region's early Romanization). Gallia Transpadana denoted that part of Cisalpine Gaul between the Po and the Alps. The province was governed from Mutina (modern-day Modena), where in 73 BC forces under Spartacus defeated the legion of Gaius Cassius Longinus, the provincial governor.

The River Rubicon marked its southern boundary with Italia proper, and it was upon crossing this river in 49BC that Julius Caesar, with his battle-hardened legions after the conquest of Gaul, precipitated the Roman Republic into civil war and to the eventual establishment of the Roman Empire.

The province was merged into Italia about 43–42 BC, as part of Octavian's "Italicization" program during the Second Triumvirate. The end of the provincia required a new governing law or lex, though its contemporary title is unknown. The parts of it that are inscribed on a bronze tablet preserved in the museum at Parma are entirely concerned with arranging the judiciary; the lex appoints two viri and four viri juri dicundo. The lex also mentions a Prefect of Mutina. [1] Virgil was born in Gallia Cisalpina, and was the province's most famous son.

See also

Cisalpine (Latin - this side of the Alps, ie the Italian side of the Alps) may mean:

Historic geography

  • Cisalpine Gaul, ancient Roman province
  • Cisalpine Republic, Napoleonic client state

Languages


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Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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Gaul (Latin: Gallia) was the name given, in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of
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Countries Austria, France,
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province (Latin, provincia, pl. provinciae) was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy (circa 296), largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of the Italian peninsula (long without full citizenship).
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Northern Italy

Regional statistics
Largest city Milan
Regions of Italy Aosta Valley, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Veneto
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Regione Emilia-Romagna


Map highlighting the location of Emilia-Romagna in Italy

Capital Bologna
President Vasco Errani
(DS-Union)
Provinces 9
Comuni 341
Area 22,124 km
 - Ranked 5th (7.3 %)
Population (2006 est.
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Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Regjon autonome Friûl-Vignesie Julie
Avtonomna dežela Furlanija - Julijska krajina
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Capital Genoa (Genova)
President Claudio Burlando
(DS-Union)
Provinces 4
Comuni 235
Area 5,420 km
 - Ranked 18th (1.8 %)
Population (2006 est.
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Regione Lombardia


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Capital Milan
President Roberto Formigoni
(Forza Italia-House of Freedoms)
Provinces 12
Comuni 1546
Area 23,861 km
 - Ranked 4th (7.
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Regione Piemonte (it)


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Capital Turin
President Mercedes Bresso
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Provinces 8
Comuni 1,206
Area 25,399 km
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Regione Autonoma Trentino-Alto Adige
Autonome Region Trentino-Südtirol
Region Autonóma Trentin-Sudtirol


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Capital Trento
President Lorenzo Dellai
(DL-Union
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Regione Veneto


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Capital Venice
President Giancarlo Galan
(Forza Italia-House of Freedoms)
Provinces 7
Comuni 581
Area 18,391.22 km
 - Ranked 8th (6.
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Origin Cottian Alps, Italy
Mouth Adriatic Sea
Basin countries Italy, Switzerland, France
Length 652 km
Source elevation 2022
Mouth elevation 0
Avg.
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Country Italy
Region Emilia-Romagna
Province Modena (MO)
Mayor Giorgio Pighi

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Time zone CET, UTC+1
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Spartacus (ca. 120 BC[1] – ca. 70 BC), according to Roman historians, was a gladiator-slave who became the leader (or possibly one of several) in the unsuccessful slave uprising against the Roman Republic known as the Third Servile War.
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Gaius Cassius Longinus (before 85 BC – October 42 BC) was a Roman senator and the prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar, and the brother in-law of Brutus.

Biography

Little is known of Gaius Cassius's early life.
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"Rubicon" (Rubicō, Italian: Rubicone) is a 29km long river in northern Italy. The river flows from the Appennines to the Adriatic sea through the southern Emilia-Romagna region between the towns of Rimini and Cesena.
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Gaius Julius Caesar
Dictator of the Roman Republic

Reign October, 49 BC–March 15, 44 BC
Full name Gaius Julius Caesar
Born 12 July 100 BC - 102 BC
Rome, Roman Republic
Died 15 March 44 BC (aged 57)
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Gaul (Latin: Gallia) was the name given, in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of
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Augustus Caesar
Emperor of the Roman Empire

Reign January 16 27 BC – August 19 AD 14
Full name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
Born September 23, 63 BC
Rome, Roman Republic
Died August 19, AD 14 (age 76)
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Second Triumvirate is the name historians give to the official political alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (later Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Marcus Antonius, formed on 26 November 43 BC. There were two five-year terms, covering the period 43 BC – 33 BC.
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Country Italy
Region Emilia-Romagna
Province Parma (PR)
Mayor Pietro Vignali

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prefect (from the Latin praefectus, perfect participle of praeficere: "make in front", i.e., put in charge) is an official of various different types.
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Publius Vergilius Maro

A bust of Virgil, from the entrance to his tomb in Naples, Italy.
Born: October 15, 70 BC
Andes, North Italy
Died: September 21, 19 BC
Brundisium
Occupation: Poet
Nationality: Roman
Genres: Epic poetry
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Gallia Narbonensis was a Roman province located in what is now Languedoc and Provence, in southern France.

Names

It had previously been known as Gallia Transalpina (Transalpine Gaul).
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