Gaul

in ancient geography, the country of the Celtic people known as Gauls. Our knowledge of the Gauls and their country is derived chiefly from Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic Wars. Gaul in Caesar's day included a part of Italy and the vast extent of territory extending from the Rhine to the Pyrenees. Several important migrations took place. In 390 B. C. the Gauls sacked Rome. A colony intrenched in Asia Minor was known to the Apostles as the Galatians. France is sometimes called Gaul. See Celts