By the first century BC Germanic languages had become prevalent, and the inhabitants were called Belgæ while the area was the coastal district of Gallia Belgica, the most northeastern province of the Roman Empire at its height.

The Roman Republic annexed southern Gaul as the province of Gallia Narbonensis in the late 2nd century BC, and Roman forces under Julius Caesar conquered the rest of Gaul in the Gallic Wars of 58 – 51 BC.

Their city, seized by the Romans in 47 BC, lies in the ancient Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis.

After the Gallic Wars, Monoecus, which served as a stopping-point for Julius Caesar on his way to campaign in Greece, fell under Roman control as part of the Maritime Alps province ( Gallia Transalpina ).

The city later became the capital of the Roman province of Gallia Belgica, as well as the Roman prefecture of Gaul.

Having been appointed governor of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis ( modern Provence ) in 58 BC, Julius Caesar proceeded to conquer the Gallic tribes beyond over the next few years, maintaining control through a careful divide and rule strategy.

He is succeeded by his 15-year-old son Clovis who becomes ruler of the Salian Franks in the province Gallia Belgica ( modern Belgium ) until his death in 511.

Roman ethnography divides Gaul into five parts, Gallia Cisalpina, Gallia Narbonensis, Gallia Aquitania, Gallia Celtica ( largely corresponding to the later province Gallia Lugdunensis ) and Gallia Belgica.

Under the Romans, Avenio was a flourishing city of Gallia Narbonensis, the first Transalpine province of the Roman Empire, but very little from this period remains ( a few fragments of the forum near Rue Molière ).

The Roman province Gallia Belgica in around 120 CE.

After the Roman Empire collapsed ( 5th century ), Germanic tribes invaded the Roman province of " Gallia ".

Their development was halted by the Roman expansion in the Po Valley from the 3rd century BC onwards: after centuries of struggle, in 194 BC the entire area of what is now Lombardy became a Roman province with the name of Gallia Cisalpina (" Gaul on the nearer side of the Alps ").

The " Gaul " that Caesar refers to is sometimes all of Gaul except for the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis ( modern day Provence ), encompassing the rest of modern France, Belgium and some of Switzerland.

Drapes, a Senonian, gathers troops, joins with Luterius, a Cadurcian, and tries to attack the Roman province in the southern part of Gaul called Gallia Narbonensis.

The Roman province, which was called Gallia Narbonensis, for its capital, Narbo ( modern Narbonne ), extended from Italy to Spain, from the Alps to the Pyrenees.

The original Roman province was called Gallia Transalpina, then Gallia Narbonensis, or simply Provincia Nostra (' Our Province ') or Provincia.

Under the reorganization of the empire by Diocletian, Rouen became the chief city of the divided province of Gallia Lugdunensis II and reached the apogee of its Roman development, with an amphitheatre and thermae of which the foundations remain.

Gaius Iulius Vindex, of a noble Gaulish family of Aquitania given senatorial status under Claudius, was a Roman governor in the province of Gallia Lugdunensis.

This extensive ensemble of Roman constructions suggests Poitiers was a town of first importance, possibly even the capital of the Roman province of Gallia Aquitania during the 2nd century.

These Propraetors and Proconsuls held near autocratic authority within their selected province or provinces.

Lappius Maximus received the governorship of the province of Syria, a consulship in May 95, and finally a priesthood which he still held in 102.

The Catuvellauni at this time held sway over the most of the southeastern corner of England ; eleven local rulers surrendered, a number of client kingdoms were established, and the rest became a Roman province with Camulodunum as its capital.

A plebiscite was to be held after fifteen years of League rule to determine whether the province should belong to Germany or France.

Stephen held that converts who had been baptized by splinter groups did not need re-baptism, while Cyprian and certain bishops of the Roman province of Africa held rebaptism necessary for admission to the Eucharist.

He took a decided view on the Pelagian controversy, confirming the decisions of the synod of the province of proconsular Africa, held in Carthage in 416, which had been sent to him, and also writing in the same year in a similar sense to the fathers of the Numidian synod of Mileve who had addressed him ( Augustine of Hippo among them ).

The Langsat festival is held each year in Uttaradit province around the middle to end of September.

* The 1995 Quebec referendum on sovereignty is held in the predominantly francophone province of Quebec in Canada, a majority anglophone country.

To the north, the Mi ' kmaq and the Abenaki still held sway in parts of Nova Scotia, Acadia, and the eastern portions of the province of Canada and present-day Maine.

Thus, the Dukedom of Strathearn ( named after a place in Scotland ) has been held with the Dukedoms of Connaught ( named after an Irish province ), Kent and Cumberland ( both named after English places ).

It is held in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands, touching each and every city ( by history ) of the province.

As a consequence the Thervingi soon held sway over much of the neighboring, richer province of Thracia.

Cyprus became a Roman province in 58 BC, according to Strabo because Publius Clodius Pulcher held a grudge against Ptolemy and sent Marcus Cato to conquer the island after he had become tribune.

In conjunction with the provincial election in 2007, the province of Ontario voted on a mixed-member proportional representation electoral system and British Columbia held two consecutive referendums on BC-STV in 2005 and 2009.

His administration of the province was a disappointment, and his appointment as Duke was much resented by the Gascons, since Aquitaine had previously always been held directly by the King of England or his heir ; it was not felt to be a fief that a King could bestow on a subordinate.

It was based mostly in modern Zhejiang province but also held parts of southern Jiangsu.

The Byzantine Empire briefly held the region from 628 to 640, after which it was invaded by the Muslim Arabs, who consolidated their conquests as the province of Ermeniye.

Government, however, was in the hands of the Knighthood of each province, in which only members of the matriculated nobility held membership.

The Song Dynasty took revenge and invaded Đại Việt in 1076, but the Song troops were held back at the Battle of Như Nguyệt River commonly known as the Cầu river, now in Bắc Ninh province about 40 km from the current capital, Hanoi.

Marcus Aemilus Lepidus was appointed the new governor of the province, but Pollio, while remaining loyal to Caesar's supporters, held out against him, announcing at Corduba that he would not hand over his province to anyone who did not have a commission from the Senate.

* In the town of Dongguan in southern Guangdong province in China, a tomato fight is held on 19 October, during which they use up to 15 tons of tomatoes.

The shugo daimyo held not only military and police powers, but also economic power within a province.