Geography of Gaul: The List

Instructions: Place the following on a blank map and learn each for a quiz. 

Aquitania, -ae (f) 

Belgium, -i (n) country of the Belgae

Britannia, -ae (f) Britain 

Gallia, -ae (f) 

Germania, -ae (f) the name applied by the Romans to lands east of the Rhine river. 

Hispania, -ae (f)

Flumina

Garumna, -ae (f) 

Matrona, -ae (f) Marne

Oceanus, -i (m) Atlantic Ocean 

Padus, i (m) Po river in northern Italy 

Rhenus, -i (m) - Rhine

Rhodanus, -i (m)  - Rhone

Sequana, -ae (f) River Seine

Civitates/Nationes

Aedui - Celtic people of central Gaul or Modern Burgundy, who are allied with Rome but also have an anti-Roman faction.   

Allobroges - people of central Gaul annexed by Rome in 121 BC under Cn. Domitius  Ahenobarbus

Arverni - people of central and rivals of the Aedui for dominance in this area

Aquitani 

Belgae

Carnutes

Helvetii

Remi

Sequani

Suebi - Germanic people living east of the Rhine 

Treveri

Veneti

Montes

Alpes, -ium (f) 

Pyrenaei Montes

Mons Iura - north of lake Geneva 

Provinciae Romanae

Gallia Cisalpina/Gallia Citerior

Gallia Transalpina/Gallia Ulterior/Narbonensis

Illyricum

Lacus

Lemannus, -i (m) Lake Geneva 

Oppida

Alesia, -ae (f) site of important siege in 52 BC during Vercingetorix revolt. 

Avaricum, -i (n) stronghold of the Biturges 

Bibracte, is (n) (modern Mont-Beuvray) a hill fort and the original capital of the Aedui

Cenabum, -i (n) modern Orleans

Genava, -ae (f) city of the Allobroges (modern Geneva)

Gergovia, -ae (f) an oppidum of the Arverni, held by Vercingetorix against Caesar in 52 

Massillia (f) Greek colony on Southern Coast of France allied with Rome 

Narbo, Narbonis (m) - Roman colony in Transalpine Gaul 

Samarobriva, ae (f) modern Amiens 

Vesontio, -onis (m)  (mod. Besancon) an important town in the campaign against the German King Ariovistus