How Did Gauls Influence Roman Culture

Commencing in 121 BC the Roman republic initiated a conquest of the province of Gaul, which was completed in 52BC during Julius Caesar’s time as consul. After this takeover, roman culture spread rapidly within Gaul. Due to a combination of both the Gauls willingness to embrace roman culture and the Romans notorious ability to assume conquered peoples as roman citizens, the Gauls took up an extremely large part of Roman culture into their own, to the point where it can be argued roman culture was prevalent. Following the decisive battle of Alesia in 52BC, the Roman were able to extend their influence over the whole of Gaul, whereas before Rome only had a minor influence as a few citizens were settled in the south of the province. A great example