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-21 | The uprising led by Julius Florus and Julius Sacrovir ends in their defeat and suicide |
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-39 | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa lays out Gaul's road system |
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-43 | Lugdunum (Lyon) is founded - it will become the capital of Roman Gaul |
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-49 | Massalia (Marseille) is annexed by Rome after a siege |
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-50 | End of Gallic War |
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-52 | Lutetia is built, the future Paris |
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-58 | Start Caesar's Gallic Wars GO ! |
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-58 | Julius Caesar is appointed governor of Cisalpine Gaul GO ! |
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48 | Emperor Claudius I admits Gallic nobles to the Roman Senate |
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65 | Large fire destroys much of Lugdunum |
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68 | Gaius Julius Vindex, the governor of Gallia Lugdunensis, leads a revolt against the rule of Nero. He is defeated by the Roman army of the Rhine and kills himself |
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68 | Attempt to establish a Gallic empire is defeated by the forces of Vespasian at the battle of Trier |
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69 | Extensive uprisings, civil war in the empire |
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177 | During the reign of Marcus Aurelius - Blandina and other Christians martyred at Lugdunum |
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186 | Revolt of Maternus |
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196 | Clodius Albinus, governor of Britain, revolts. The revolt is supported to some extent in Gaul. Albinus is defeated at Lugdunum by Emperor Septimius Severus |
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212 | Emperor Caracalla gives Roman citizenship to all freemen throughout the empire |
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253 | Franks and Alammani begin to penetrate the frontier in the north |
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260 | Emperor Valerian is captured by the Persians. In the turmoil, the Franks cross the lower Rhine into Gaul |
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274 | Emperor Aurelian regains control of Gaul |
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274 | Franks and Alamani invade southern Gaul |
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277 | Emperor Probus defeats the Alamanni |
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284 | Bagundae (peasants and small landowners) rebel in the north and east |
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303 | Persecution of the Christians by Diocletian |
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313 | Constantine's Edict of Milan - religious toleration |
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357 | Roman general Julian defeats the Alamanni at Strasbourg, he then defeats the Franks |
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360 | General Julian proclaimed emperor by his troops in Lutetia (Paris) |
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371 | St Martin becomes bishop of Tours - spreading Christianity throughout the region. He becomes the patron saint of France |
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378 | Emperor Gratian defeats the Alamanni |
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395 | Emperor Theodosius dies, empire of the west and empire of the east (Byzantine empire) split |
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406 | Vandals, Alans, Burgondes and Suevi cross the Rhine and cross the limes (the boundary that marks the northern frontier of the Roman world) |
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418 | Visigoths settle by treaty in Aquitaine |
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430 | Franks settle in northern Gaul |
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450 | The Burgondes settle in Savoy, and then in the valleys of the Rhone and Saone |
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450 | The Bretons settle in Brittany |
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451 | Attila the Hun invades Gaul - he is defeated by the Roman general Aetius and Theodoric the Visigoth |
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455 | The Alamanni settle in Alsace |
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476 | Last Roman emperor is deposed |
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481 | Clovis succeeds his father Childeric I (King of the Salian Franks) |
