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c. 600 BCEPhocaea founds the colony of Massilia.
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c. 400 BCE - c. 300 BCEFounding of Lutetia.
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390 BCEGauls sack Rome.
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c. 390 BCE"Gallic Catastrophe:" Brennus of the Senones defeats the Romans at Allia, and subsequently sacks Rome.
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334 BCERome signs a peace treaty with the Senones tribe.
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284 BCEGauls of the Insubres and Boii tribes defeat the Romans at Arretium.
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283 BCERome decisively defeats the Senones at Picenum.
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279 BCEGauls attack the sanctuary of Delphi.
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222 BCERome conquers Cisalpine Gaul (modern-day Provence, France).
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121 BCEGallia Narbonensis becomes a Roman province.
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58 BCE - 51 BCEJulius Caesar's conquest of Gaul.
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58 BCECaesar attacks the Helvetii while on migration and defeats them.
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58 BCEJulius Caesar invades Gaul. Roman influence on the European tribes begins in earnest.
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57 BCEA Roman army under Caesar narrowly defeats an army of Nervii, Atrebates, and Viromandui.
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56 BCEThe navies of Rome and the Veneti Gauls clash resulting in a Roman victory. This is the first recorded naval battle in the Atlantic Ocean.
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54 BCE - 53 BCEAmbiorix of the Eburones tribe destroys around 9,000 Roman soldiers at Atuatuca.
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53 BCEJulius Caesar holds council of Gallic tribes in Lutetia.
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52 BCEJulius Caesar is defeated at Gergovia by Vercingetorix.
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52 BCEAfter becoming trapped and besieged at Alesia, Vercingetorix surrenders to Caesar.
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51 BCECaesar's siege and capture of Uxellodunum ends the Gallic War.
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44 BCEThe Allobroges unsuccessfully rise against Roman rule in southern Gaul.
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33 BCEThe Belgic Morini and the Celts of Aquitania unsuccessfully rise against Roman rule.
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406 CEVandals, Suevi, and Alans invade Gaul.
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486 CEClovis I of the Franks defeats the Romans in Gaul. Founding of the Frankish kingdom.