Red Metric Law

The Maison Carrée Was Temple Of Gallo-Roman City Of Nemausus (present-day Nîmes) One Of Best-preserved Vestiges Of Roman EmpireIn 600 BC Ionian Greeks Originating From Phocaea Founded Colony Of Massalia (present-day Marseille) Shores Of Mediterranean Sea This Makes France's Oldest City Same Time Some Gallic Celtic Tribes Penetrated Parts Of Current Territory Of France This Occupation Spread Rest Of France Between 5th 3rd Century BCThe Roman-era Theatre Of Autun (Latin Augustodunum) Saône-et-Loire One Of Main Historical Sites Of BurgundyThe Concept Of Gaul Emerged That Time Corresponds Territories Of Celtic Settlement Ranging Between Rhine Atlantic Ocean Pyrenees Mediterranean Borders Of Modern France Roughly Same Those Of Ancient Gaul Which Was Inhabited Celtic Gauls Gaul Was Then Prosperous Country Of Which Southernmost Part Was Heavily Subject Greek Roman Cultural Economic InfluencesAround 125 BC South Of Gaul Was Conquered Romans Who Called This Region Provincia Nostra (Our Province) Which Over Time Evolved Into Name Provence French Julius Caesar Conquered Remainder Of Gaul Overcame Revolt Carried Out Gallic Chieftain Vercingetorix 52 BC Gaul Was Divided Augustus Into Roman Provinces Many Cities Were Founded During Gallo-Roman Period Including Lugdunum (present-day Lyon) Which Considered Capital Of Gauls These Cities Were Built Traditional Roman Style With Forum Theatre Circus Amphitheatre Thermal Baths Gauls Mixed With Roman Settlers Eventually Adopted Roman Culture Roman Speech (Latin From Which French Language Evolved) Roman Polytheism Merged With Gallic Paganism Into Same SyncretismFrom 250s 280s AD Roman Gaul Suffered Serious Crisis With Its Fortified Borders Being Attacked Several Occasions Barbarians Nevertheless Situation Improved First Half Of 4th Century Which Was Period Of Revival Prosperity Roman Gaul312 Emperor Constantin I Converted Christianity Subsequently Christians Who Had Been Persecuted Until Then Increased Rapidly Across Entire Roman Empire But From Beginning Of 5th Century Barbarian Invasions Resumed, Germanic Tribes Such Vandals Suebi Alans Crossed Rhine Settled Gaul Spain Other Parts Of Collapsing Roman EmpireEarly Middle Ages (5th Century–10th Century)