Ager Gallicus

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Ager Gallicus was an ancient region of northeastern Italy along the Adriatic coast, historically inhabited by Gallic tribes and later incorporated into Roman territory.

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Ager Gallicus canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman territory
historical region
administrativeIntegration Roman province of Italia
afterConquestStatus Roman ager publicus
boundedBy Adriatic Sea
Apennine Mountains
linked to: Apennines

Picenum
Umbria
conqueredBy Publius Cornelius Dolabella
Roman Republic
conqueredInYear 283 BC
crossedBy Via Aemilia
Via Flaminia
culture Gallic
Roman
ethnicDesignation Gallic
historicalPeriod Imperial Rome
linked to: Roman Empire

Republican Rome
linked to: Roman Republic
inhabitedBy Gallic tribes
Senones
languageInRomanPeriod Latin
languagePreRoman Gaulish
laterAdministrativeUnit Regio VI Umbria et Ager Gallicus
laterOrganizedAs Roman colony
municipal territory
locatedIn northeastern Italy
locatedOn Adriatic coast
majorCity Ancona
Ariminum
Auximum
Fanum Fortunae
Sena Gallica
modernCorrespondsTo Marche
linked to: Marche region

part of Emilia-Romagna
notableBattleNearby Battle of Sentinum
partOf Italian Peninsula
Roman Italy
preRomanInhabitants Senone Gauls
linked to: Gauls
presentInSource Roman historiography
previousControl Senone territory
romanizationProcess intensive
romanLegalStatus ager publicus
colonial territory
strategicImportance access to northern Italy
control of Adriatic routes
usedFor Roman colonization
agriculture
veteran settlement

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Picenum borders Ager Gallicus