Gaul was a province in the ancient Roman empire, but what was the name of the people living there?

Question

Ex. Are they called Gauls, gaels, gallics.....

I have no clue!

Answer 1

Gaul was inhabited by many tribes:

"Gaul (Lat. Gallia)

Encyclopædia Orbis Latini


Ancient designation for the land South and West of the Rhine, West of the Alps, and North of the Pyrenees. The name was extended by the Romans to include Italy from Lucca and Rimini northwards, excluding Liguria. This extension of the name is derived from its settlers of the 4th and 3d cent. B.C.—invading Celts, who were called Gauls by the Romans. Their cousins in Gaul proper (modern France) probably had been there since 600 B.C., for the Greeks of Massilia (Marseilles) knew them. The Gaul in Italy was called Cisalpine Gaul [Cisalpine, from Lat.=on this side the Alps], as opposed to Transalpine Gaul; Cisalpine Gaul was divided into Cispadane Gaul [on this side the Po] and Transpadane Gaul.
In Roman Gaul it often became customary to call the chief center of a tribe or the country around it by some form of the tribe’s name. Many of these names survive today. The principal tribes of Gaul (with the modern survivals or locations) were: Abrincati (Avranches); Aedui; Allobroges; Ambiani (Amiens); Andecavi (Angers, Anjou); Atrebates (Arras); Baiocassi (Bayeux); Bellovaci (Beauvais); Bituriges (Bourges, Berry); Cadurci (Cahors, Quercy); Carnutes (Chartres); Catalauni (Châlons); Cenomani (Le Mans, Maine); Eburovici (Évreux); Helvetii; Lemovices (Limoges, Limousin); Lingones (Langres); Lexovii (Lisieux); Meldae (Meaux); Namnetes (Nantes); Nervii; Parisii (Paris); Petrocorii (Périgueux, Périgord); Pictones or Pictavi (Poitiers, Poitou); Redones (Rennes, Breton Roazon); Remi (Reims); Ruteni (Rodez); Santones (Saintes); Senones (Sens); Sequani, in the Franche-Comté; Silvanecti (Senlis); Suessiones (Soissons); Treveri (Trier, French Trèves); Tricassi (Troyes); Turones (Tours, Touraine); Veneti (Vannes, Breton Gwened).

Answer 2

Wow.... That was a challenging one to hunt down. Ok, here is your answer: In 121 B.C., Consul Q. Fabius Maximus (There are a number of consuls by this name, and this one is not the most famous one), defeated the Arvernians and established this Province for Rome. Transalpine Gaul means "the other side" of Gaul. The most interesting event from this battle was the capture of the Avernian king Bituitus, complete in his silver battle armor. This consul was then named "Allobrogicus". So, to find this stuff, you have to search for Q. Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus. With the subsequent plunder of the Auvergne, this consul had the Fornix Fabianus Crossing of the Via Sacra built. The Avernians were the predecessors of the Auvergnians. These guys, under Veringetorix, during Caesar's time, were to rebel against him, and become one of Julius Caesar's greatest early victories.

Answer 3

They were Gauls. They spoke a Celtic language, so they appeared to be Celts. Someone has answered Germans, but these did not appear in Gaul/France until later 4th century, after the Roman Army had left.
The Franks spoke a form of German, but they were a small group of warriors, and there must have been enough Gauls left to keep Latin as the language. Latin evoloved into the French language as we know it today.

Answer 4

Gauls

Answer 5

Gauls or Gallic.

Answer 6

they were a number of tribes. The Romans called them Galli from an older word Galtoi meaning strangers. Eventually they started calling themselves Galli, Gaels, Celtoi, Celti, Galatii, and other names. They were Indo-germanic people who fled over the Urals into Europe about 6500years ago when the black sea (which had been dry) was inundated over three days by a massive flood ove the bosporus landbridge due to rising sealevels after the last ice age. These peoples (the Celts) spead over europe and are now found in scattered groups only.

Answer 7

You are right they were called Gauls, but the spelling can vary.
Nowadays France mainly

Answer 8

They were simply called "The Gauls"

Answer 9

They were Gauls.

Answer 10

gallic people...i think the gaels. but gallic was the overall name, like saying the americans.