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The diocese of Vienna was named after the city of Vienna (now Vienne), and almost entirely in present-day France, roughly south of the Loire.It was originally part of Caesar's newly conquered province of Transalpine Gaul, [citation needed] but a separate diocese from the start.
Roman Gaul after Diocletian's reorganisation (1886 atlas) Before 22 BC, Gaul had three geographical divisions, one of which was divided into multiple Roman provinces: Gallia Cisalpina or "Gaul this side of the Alps", covered most of present-day northern Italy. It was conquered by the Romans around 121 BC, but was not made a formal province ...
After Gaul was absorbed as Gallia, a set of Roman provinces, its inhabitants gradually adopted aspects of Roman culture and assimilated, resulting in the distinct Gallo-Roman culture. [28] Citizenship was granted to all in 212 by the Constitutio Antoniniana. From the third to 5th centuries, Gaul was exposed to raids by the Franks.
The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian (ruled 117–138 AD), showing, in central Gaul, the imperial province of Gallia Lugdunensis (north/central France). Note that the coast lines shown on the map are those of today, known to be different from those in Roman times in parts of Gallia Lugdunensis. c. 21: Acilius Aviola [3] 66-69 Junius Blaesus [4]
The Roman Empire under Hadrian (125) showing the provinces as then organised. The Roman provinces (Latin: provincia, pl. provinciae) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was ruled by a Roman appointed as governor.
The Roman Provinces in Gaul around 58 BC; the coastline shown here is the modern one, different from the ancient coastline in some parts of the English Channel. Gallia Narbonensis can be seen in the south of modern-day France as a Roman province.
Map of the provinces of France in 1789. They were abolished the following year. Under the Ancien Régime, the Kingdom of France was subdivided in multiple different ways (judicial, military, ecclesiastical, etc.) into several administrative units, until the National Constituent Assembly adopted a more uniform division into departments (départements) and districts in late 1789.
The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian (ruled 117–138 AD), showing, in southwestern Gaul, the imperial province of Gallia Aquitania (Aquitaine, Fr.). Gallia Aquitania (/ ˈ ɡ æ l i ə ˌ æ k w ɪ ˈ t eɪ n i ə /, Latin: [ˈɡalːi.a akᶣiːˈtaːni.a]), [1] also known as Aquitaine or Aquitaine Gaul, was a province of the Roman Empire.