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There was no country called Gaul in Roman times. The present day connotation "Gaul" is considered to be the country of France. However in Roman times "Gaul" was a vast territory stretching from northern Italy and beyond. The territory called Gaul was/has been divided into several present day countries.
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Gaul was the Roman period name of the area now called France.
The land where France would be was once called Gaul, around the time of Rome.
Gaul was an ancient region in Western Europe, primarily inhabited by Celtic tribes. It was conquered by the Romans and eventually became part of the Roman Empire. Gaul is not a country in the modern sense, as it no longer exists as a distinct political entity.
France was once called Gaul and was a Roman colony.
The territory which was once known as Gaul encompassed what are today part of the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany, as well as the whole of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
Gaul is France, in a way. Gaul was not a country, it was a territory. We generally consider present day France as Gaul, but ancient Gaul encompassed much more territory than France alone. It ranged loosely from Germany to Spain and from northern Italy to the English channel. It was inhabited by mostly Celtic tribes.
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The Romans called France, Gaul.
France was called Gallia, which meant Gaul, because it was inhabited by the Gauls. Gallia also included Belgium ad Luxembourg. The First part which was conquered by the Romans was southern France, which they originally called Gallia Transalpina (Gaul the other side of the Alps) to distinguish it from Gallia Cisalpina, which was the part of northern Italy which was also inhabited by Gauls. When it was turned into a Roman province it was also called Gallia Narbonensis, after its provincial capital, Narbo (Narbonne). The Julius Caesar conquered the rest of Gaul and joined Gallia Cisalpina to Italy. The Transalpina and Cisalpina distinction became redundant. Gaul was divided into four provinces: Gallia Narbonenisis, Gallia Aquitania (south-western France), Gallia Lugdunensis (central France,and part of northern France) and Gallia Belgica (Belgium and part of northern France).
Persia was once called Iran