Transalpine Gaul

British  

noun

1. (in the ancient world) that part of Gaul northwest of the Alps

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Example Sentences

Gaul, as then known, had two divisions,—Cisalpine Gaul, or the Gaulish settlements in Northern Italy; and Transalpine Gaul, or Gaul beyond the Alps, including the present countries of France and Switzerland.

From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

Caesar offered to give up Transalpine Gaul and part of his army, if allowed to retain the Cisalpine province but the overture was rejected.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

He shows that the reconciliation could not have taken place in the winter of 54-3, as Caesar was absent in Transalpine Gaul.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

Saturninus had previously proposed allotments in Africa; now he proposed to allot lands in Transalpine Gaul, Sicily, Achaia, and Macedonia, and to supply the colonists with an outfit from the treasure taken from Tolosa.

From The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History by Beesley, A.H.

The Senate added the province of Transalpine Gaul, then threatened by the Allobrogians, Suevi, Helvetians, and other barbaric tribes, with the intention of confining him to a dangerous and uncertain field of warfare.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John