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Province, 117 CE
Gallia Aquitania
Imperial province, praetorian legateCapital: BurdigalaRoman since 22 BCE
Southwestern Gaul between the Garonne and the Pyrenees, the province Caesar described as ethnically distinct from the rest of Gaul — closer, he thought, to the Iberians across the mountains. Burdigala (Bordeaux) sat on the Garonne's tidal reach and was already shipping wine north by the second century, the start of a trade the region never abandoned.
Formal division of Tres Galliae is usually dated to Marcus Agrippa's reorganization around 22 BCE, refined during Augustus's own visits to Gaul 16–13 BCE; the exact year is debated by historians.
12 places on the map
- Arch of Germanicus, Saintes · Arch
- Battle of Gergovia · Battle
- La Graufesenque Pottery Workshops · Kiln
- Les Martres-de-Veyre Sigillata Workshops · Kiln
- Lezoux Pottery Workshops · Kiln
- Montans Pottery Workshops · Kiln
- Montmaurin Gallo-Roman Villa · Villa
- Pont des Arcs Aqueduct, Saintes · Aqueduct
- Roman Amphitheatre of Saintes · Amphitheater
- Saint-Béat Marble Quarries · Quarry
- Saint-Saloine Baths, Saintes · Bathhouse
- Villa of Chiragan · Villa
Sources
- Caesar, Gallic War 1.1
- Barrington Atlas
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquitaine_Gaul
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