In the year 52 BC, the Roman general Julius Caesar fought the last major battle in the conquest of Gaul.

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During the period of the Roman Republic the area we now know as France was called Gaul.

The Gauls had a special place in the Roman psyche.

Over 300 years earlier in 390 BC, a tribe of Gauls entered Italy and sacked Rome.

The sack of Rome by the Gauls created a deep-seated fear of Gaul amongst the Romans.

Other than a thin strip of land along the Mediterranean coast, the Romans left most of the

Gaulle alone for most of the period of the Republic.

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