| In the second century BC, Mediterranean Gaul was rich and prosperous, while the heavily forested Northern Gaul had almost no cities outside of fortified compounds used in times of war. The prosperity of Mediterranean Gaul encouraged Rome intervene in 125 BC, and by 121 BC they had conquered the Mediterranean region called Provincia (later named Gallia Narbonensis). Further Roman expansion into northern Gaul occurred under Julius Caesar, who conquered regions as far north as present-day Belgium and raided Britannia and Germania during the Gallic Wars (58 BC - 51 BC). The war's turning point was the decisive Battle of Alesia in 52 BC, in which the Romans defeated a confederation of Gallic tribes united under the leadership of Vercingetorix of the Arverni. As many as 1 in 4 Gauls died, another million were enslaved, 300 tribes were subjugated and 800 cities were destroyed during the Gallic Wars. Gaulish culture then supplanted by Roman culture and Latin was adopted by the Gauls. | ||
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