Lugdunensis , also Lugudunensis written, also Called Gallia Lugdunensis , a Province of the Roman Empire, one of the "three Gauls" who Gallia Comata . It extended from the capital Lugdunum (modern Lyon) northwest across all the country between the Seine and the Loire to Brittany and the Atlantic . It included what later became Paris.
The area was Gallic Wars (58–50 v . Ch. ) Captured by Julius Caesar and became emperor under Augustus a Roman province . It included most of the region that the Greeks from their colonies on the Mediterranean coast had called Celtica (Celtica south of the Loire was separated and combined with other districts to form the province of Aquitaine or to form Aquitaine). The area was too big and strong to lose its individuality; It was also too rural and too far from the Mediterranean to be as complete and fast as its neighboring Narbonensis to be romanized . The Celtic language in forest districts in the 4th century also lingered on ad and persisted in Brittany until modern times. City life, however, grew. Tribal villages became practical, if not formal, communities, and many of these cities attained considerable size and contained magnificent public buildings. But they attest to their tribal ties through their designations, which are usually derived from the name of the tribe rather than the name of the city itself; To this day, Amiens, Paris and others perpetuate the memory of tribes like the Ambiani and the Parisii.