History of France, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from History of France, Vol. 1 Rome laid her hand on the Allobroges, and declared them her subjects, thus securing the gate of the Alps. The proconsul Domitius re stored the tnician high-road, and named it after himself, (via Domain.) Succeeding con suls had only to push on towards the west, be tween Marseilles and the Arverni. (a. C. 120 They made their way towards the aces, and founded, almost on the threshol of Spain, a powerful colony, nada-martins, (nar bonne.) This was the second Roman colony out of taly the first had been sent to Carthage. Joined to the sea by works of immense labor, it had, in imitation of the metropolis, its capitol, its senate, its baths, and amphitheatre. It was the Gallic Rome, and the rival of Marseilles. The Romans were desirous that their in¿uence in Gaul should no longer depend on their an cient ally. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.