UNRV History Glossary
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- Galatia Formally incorporated into an official Roman province by Augustus in 25 BC.
- Galba Emperor succeeding Nero.
- Galen One of Rome's most prominent physician.
- Gallic Wars Major invasion of Gaul led by Caesar for total control that lasted 8 years.
- Gaul The region of modern-day France and parts of Belgium, western Germany, and northern Italy.
- Gellius Writer of Noctes Atticae.
- Gergovia A hill fort besieged by Caesar before the siege of Alesia.
- Germanicus Tiberius' adoptive son and heir but died before becoming emperor.
- Gladiator Gladiators were both professional and amateur fighters in ancient Rome.
- Gladius Roman double-edged short sword.
- Germania Organized by Augustus as a military buffer zone with the Germanics.
- Geta Son of Septimius Severus, reined in AD 211.
- Government The Roman government was a mix of a democracy, monarchy and a republic.
- Governor The governor of any Roman province had four major tasks.