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Gallia Lugdunensis ( French : Gaule Lyonnaise ) was a province of the ___MASK50___ in what is now the modern country of ___MASK70___ , part of the Celtic territory of ___MASK64___ formerly known as Celtica . It is named after its capital Lugdunum ( today ' s Lyon ), possibly Roman Europe ' s major city west of Italy , and a major imperial mint . Outside Lugdunum was the Condate Altar , where representatives of the Three Gauls met to celebrate the cult of " Rome and Augustus ". Nièvre is a department in the region of Bourgogne - Franche - Comté in the centre of ___MASK70___ named after the River Nièvre . The Aedui , Haedui , or Hedui were a Gallic people of Gallia Lugdunensis , who inhabited the country between the Arar ( Saône ) and Liger ( Loire ), in today ' s ___MASK70___ . Their territory thus included the greater part of the modern departments of Saône - et - Loire , Côte - d ' Or and Nièvre . Côte - d ' Or ( literally , " golden slope ") is a department in the eastern part of ___MASK70___ . Gaius Julius Caesar ( 13 July 100 BC  15 March 44 BC ), known as Julius Caesar , was a Roman ___MASK45___ , general , and notable author of Latin prose . He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire . The ___MASK69___ was the era of ancient Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom , traditionally dated to 509 BC , and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire . It was during this period that Rome ' s control expanded from the city ' s immediate surroundings to hegemony over the entire Mediterranean world . The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes . Rome ' s war against the Gallic tribes lasted from 58 BC to 50 BC and culminated in the decisive Battle of Alesia in 52 BC , in which a complete Roman victory resulted in the expansion of the ___MASK69___ over the whole of ___MASK64___ ( mainly present - day France and Belgium ). While militarily just as strong as the Romans , the internal division between the Gallic tribes helped ease victory for Caesar , and Vercingetorix ' s attempt to unite the Gauls against Roman invasion came too late . The wars paved the way for Julius Caesar to become the sole ruler of the ___MASK69___ . The ___MASK50___ ( Koine and Medieval Greek :    , tr . ) was the post - ___MASK69___ period of the ancient Roman civilization , characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe , Africa and Asia . The city of Rome was the largest city in the world BC AD , with Constantinople ( New Rome ) becoming the largest around 500 AD , and the Empire ' s populace grew to an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants ( roughly 20 % of the world ' s population at the time ). The 500 - year - old republic which preceded it was severely destabilized in a series of civil wars and political conflict , during which Julius Caesar was appointed as perpetual dictator and then assassinated in 44 BC . Civil wars and executions continued , culminating in the victory of Octavian , Caesar ' s adopted son , over Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the annexation of Egypt . Octavian ' s power was then unassailable and in 27 BC the Roman Senate formally granted him overarching power and the new title " Augustus ", effectively marking the end of the ___MASK69___ . The Saône (; Arpitan Sona ) is a river of eastern ___MASK70___ . It is a right tributary of the Rhône , rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department and joining the Rhône in Lyon , just south of the Presqu ' île . The Gauls were Celtic peoples inhabiting ___MASK64___ in the Iron Age and the Roman period ( roughly from the 5th century BC to the 5th century AD ). Their Gaulish language forms the main branch of the Continental Celtic languages . Vercingetorix ( or 82 BC  46 BC ) was a king and chieftain of the ___MASK58___ tribe ; he united the Gauls in a revolt against Roman forces during the last phase of Julius Caesar ' s Gallic Wars . The ___MASK58___ were a Celtic tribe . The tribe was located in what is today the French Auvergne region , which derives its name from the ___MASK58___ . One of the most powerful tribes in ancient ___MASK64___ , the ___MASK58___ opposed the Romans on several occasions . Their most important stronghold was Gergovia , near the present - day commune of Clermont - Ferrand . Litaviccus ( ca . 50 BC ) was a member of the Gallic tribe of Aedui . He played an important role at the Siege of Gergovia . Though the Aedui at first supported Julius Caesar in his struggle against Vercingetorix , they defected from the Romans and joined Vercingetorix . According to Caesar in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico , the Aedui had been roused into this betrayal by Convictolitavis , the leader of the Aedui . During the siege of Gergovia , Litaviccus was given command over 10 , 000 men who were sent to aid Caesar . During the march , however , Litavccus gave a speech to his soldiers where he claimed the Romans had killed the nobles of the Aedui , and that they had the same planned for the rest of the tribe . This convinced the soldiers to desert the Romans and instead join Vercingetorix . Though the army of Litaviccus was very small compared to the Legions of Caesar , Caesar was nonetheless forced to remove a part of his soldiers at Gergovia to deal with Litaviccus . Litaviccus ' rebellion did not last long ; when Caesar presented the according to Litaviccus murdered nobles of the Aedui , the soldiers realized they had been lied to and surrendered , after which Litaviccus escaped and fled to Gergovia .