Cisalpine Gaul
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Cisalpine Gaul (Latin: Gallia Cisalpina, meaning "Gaul this side of the Alps") was a province of the Roman Republic, in Emilia and Lombardy of modern-day northern Italy. Sometimes referred to as Provincia Ariminum. Gallia Transpadana denoted that part of Cisalpine Gaul between the Po and the Alps. The province was governed from Mutina (modern-day Modena), where in 73 BCE forces under Spartacus defeated the legion of Cassius Longinus, the provincial governor.
The province was merged into Italia about 43–42 BCE, as part of Octavian's 'Italicisation' program during the Second Triumvirate. Previously, its border had been marked by the small river called the Rubicon.
The end of the provincia required a new governing law or lex, though its contemporary title is unknown. The parts of it that are inscribed on a bronze tablet preserved in the museum at Parma are entirely concerned with arranging the judiciary; the lex appoints two viri and four viri juri dicundo. The lex also mentions a Prefect of Mutina. [1]
Virgil was born in Gallia Cisalpina, and was the province's most famous son.
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