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GALLIA CISALPINA (See also:Lat. Cis, on this See also:side, i.e. of the See also:Alps) , in See also:ancient See also:geography, that portion of See also:northern See also:Italy See also:north of See also:Liguria and See also:Umbria and See also:south of the See also:Alps, which was inhabited by various See also:Celtic and other peoples, of whom the Celts were in continual hostility to See also:Rome . In See also:early times it was bounded on the S. by Liguria and the Aesis, in See also:Caesar's See also:time by Liguria and the See also:Rubicon . After the Second Punic See also:War (203 B.C.) these tribes were severely punished by the See also:Roman generals for the assistance they had rendered to See also:Hannibal . See also:Sulla divided the See also:district into two parts; the region between the Aesis and the Rubicon was made directly subject to the See also:government at Rome, while the northern portion was put under a distinct authority, probably similar to the usual transmarine commands (see See also:Mommsen, Hist. of Rome, Eng. trans., bk. iv. c. to) . For the early Celtic and other peoples and the later See also:history of the district see ITALY (ancient), and See also:Roma: History, Ancient . |
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