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Cisalpine Gaul was a Roman province located in what is now northern Italy, lying on the Roman side of the Alps. It matters because it was an important territorial acquisition that extended Roman control into the Italian peninsula and served as a buffer zone between Rome and the Celtic and Germanic peoples to the north.
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Cisalpine Gaul around 100 BC
Cisalpine Gaul (Latin: Gallia Cisalpina, also called Gallia Citerior or Gallia Togata) was the name given, especially during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, to a region of land inhabited by Celts (Gauls), corresponding to what is now most of northern Italy.