MAPS & GEOGRAPHY: CAESAR
MAPS OF GAUL, MAPS OF ROMAN MEDITERRANEAN, GEOGRAPHY: AENEID, GEOGRAPHY OF GAUL (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE)
GALLIA EST OMNIS DIVISA IN TRES PARTES...
Video on the Geography of Gaul
List of Places and People for Geography Quiz
Instructions: Place the following on one of the attached maps and study for a geography/map quiz. You may wish to use more than one map. Organization is up to you.
I. Regiones
Aquitania, -ae (f)
Belgium, -i (n) territory of the Belgae
Britannia, -ae (f)
Gallia, -ae (f)
Germania, -ae (f) the name applied by the Romans to lands east of the Rhine river.
Hispania, -ae (f)
II. 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
III. Nationes/Civitates
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 folk east of the Rhine
Treveri
Veneti
IV. Montes
Alpes, -ium (f)
Pyrenaei Montes
Mons Iura - north of lake Geneva
V. Provinciae Romanae
Gallia Cisalpina/Gallia Citerior
Gallia Transalpina/Gallia Ulterior/Narbonensis
Illyricum
VI. 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, ae (f) Greek colony on Southern Coast of France allied with Rome
Narbo, Narbonis (f) - Roman colony in Transalpine Gaul
Samarobriva, ae (f) modern Amiens
Vesontio(mod. Besancon) an important town in the campaign against the German King Ariovistus (liber primus de bello Gallico)
VI. Aqua
Lacus Lemannus, -i (m) Lake Geneva
Oceanus, Oceani (m)
Maps of Gaul and Caesar's Movements (Click on Images to enlarge)
Maps of Roman Mediterranean
Geography: Aeneid