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450 BC
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Around this time La Tène culture emerges in France and Low Countries
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450 BC
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Around this time La Tène burials include chariots and wagons
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450 BC
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Around this time trade contact with Mediterranean decreases
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400 BC
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Classical sources state that large groups of people north of Alps invade Italy and Greece
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400 BC
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Around this time wheel-thrown pots start to be produced
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390 BC
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Gauls from south-eastern France and northern Italy sack Rome
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300 BC
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Around this time people in region start making coins
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300 BC
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Around this time the first political states were established
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295 BC
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Gallic tribes join Samnites and Etruscans to prevent Rome's rise to power
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284 BC
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Cisalpine Gauls push into central Italy
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282 BC
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Rome finally suppresses series of Gallic rebellions
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281 BC
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Gauls reach Delphi, Greece
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218 BC
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Gauls join Hannibal against Rome
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203 BC
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Rome reinforces northern colonies of Placentia and Cremona against Gauls
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202 BC
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Gauls rebel against Rome
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191 BC
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Rome subdues Gallic rebellions
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150 BC
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Beginning of emergence of large defended sites called oppidas
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125 BC
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Rome defeats the Atacini and annexes their land
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125 BC
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Massilia asks for help from Rome against attacks by the Sallassi
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123 BC
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Rome defeats the Arverni and establishes a 'Provincia'
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121 BC
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Rome defeats Gauls on the lower Rhine, opening southern France to Roman rule
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121 BC
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Rome annexes a strip of land in southern France; establishes the province of Gallia Transalpina
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120 BC
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Rome makes alliances with the Aedui
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118 BC
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Colony of Narbo Martius (Narbonne) founded; Gallia Transalpina becomes known as Gallia Narbonensis
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106 BC
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Roman forces take a large treasure from the Volcae tribe
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105 BC
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Battle of Arausio; Cimbri and Teutoni defeat Roman troops
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102 BC
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Battle of Aquae Sextiae; Cimbri and Teutones defeated by General Gaius Marius
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101 BC
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Battle of Vercellae; Rome defeats Cimbri; end of Cimbrian War
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100 BC
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Around this time oppida settlements become increasingly prominent
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81 BC
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Gallia Cisalpina becomes a Roman province
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61 BC
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The Helvetii plan to enlarge their territory
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59 BC
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Gaius Julius Caesar appointed governor of Cisalpine Gaul
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59 BC
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Caesar begins conquest of Gaul
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58 BC
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Battle of Bibracte; Helvetii initially defeat Caesar but are later forced to withdraw by him
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58 BC
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Battle of Vosges; Caesar defeats and kills Ariovistus, leader of the Suevi, in Alsace
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58 BC
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Battle of the Arar; Caesar defeats Helvetii forces
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57 BC
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Battle of the Axona; Caesar defeats the Belgae
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57 BC
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Battle of the Sabis; Caesar defeats the Nervii and establishes Roman control over area of Belgium and northern France
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56 BC
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Caesar conquers the Atlantic coast and defeats the German Usipites and Tencteri, who had entered Belgium
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54 BC
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Eburones led by Ambiorix rebel against Roman rule
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53 BC
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Caesar suppresses Gallic rebellions
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53 BC
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Carnutes massacre Roman merchants in their capital at Cenabum
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52 BC
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Battle of Gergovia; Gauls under leadership of Vercingetorix defeat Caesar
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52 BC
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Siege of Alesia; Caesar defeats Vercingetorix
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52 BC
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Caesar's troops take Lutetia (Paris), capital of the Parisii
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51 BC
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Gallia Aquitania becomes a Roman province
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51 BC
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Gallia Belgica becomes a Roman province
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51 BC
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Gallia Celtica (later Lugdunesis) becomes a Roman province
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50 BC
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Entire region now under Roman control
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50 BC
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Roman soldiers settle throughout Gaul, but Rome relies mainly on existing Gallic leaders to rule Gaul
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50 BC
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Old Gallic religions still active but with a strong influence from Greco-Romano religions
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