Gaul

Gaul was the region of western Europe inhabited by Celtic peoples, roughly present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany and northern Italy. Conquered by Rome in stages, culminating in Julius Caesar's campaigns of 58–50 BCE, it became a group of prosperous Latin-speaking provinces. From the 5th century it was divided among Visigoths, Burgundians and Franks, whose kingdom gave France its name.