Gallia Narbonensis

Province of Gallia Narbonensis Provincia Gallia Narbonensis
Province of the Roman Empire
121 BC– 462
The province of Gallia Narbonensis within the Roman Empire in 125 AD
Capital	Narbo Martius
Area
• Coordinates	44.0000°N 4.0000°E / 44.0000; 4.0000
Historical era	Classical antiquity
• Conquest of the Arverni and Allobroges	121 BC
• Conquered by the Visigoths and Burgundians after the murder of Emperor Majorian.	462
Succeeded by Visigothic Kingdom
Today part of	France Italy Monaco

The Roman provinces in Gaul around 58 BC; the coastline shown here is the modern one, different from the ancient coastline in some parts of the English Channel.

Gallia Narbonensis can be seen in the south of modern-day France as a Roman province.

Gallia Narbonensis (Latin for 'Gaul of Narbonne', from its chief settlement) was a Roman province located in what today are Occitania and Provence, in Southern France. It was also known as Provincia Nostra ('Our Province'), because it was the first Roman province north of the Alps, and as Gallia Transalpina ('Transalpine Gaul'), distinguishing it from Cisalpine Gaul in Northern Italy. It became a Roman province in the late 2nd century BC. Gallia Narbonensis was bordered by the Pyrenees Mountains on the west, the Cévennes to the north, the Alps on the east, and the Gulf of Lion on the south; the province included the majority of the Rhône catchment. The western region of Gallia Narbonensis was known as Septimania. The province was a valuable part of the Roman Empire, owing to the Roman civitas (and former Greek colony) of Massilia (modern Marseille), its location between the Spanish provinces (Hispania) and Rome, and its economic output.