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Under Augustus ' Roman rule, since 27 BC the province of Aquitania was further stretched to the north to the River Loire, thus including proper Gaul tribes along with old Aquitani south of the Garonne ( cf.

Novempopulania and Gascony ) within the same region.

In 392, the Roman imperial provinces were restructured and Aquitania Prima, Aquitania Secunda and Aquitania Tertia ( or Novempopulania ) were established in south-western Gaul.