The Gauls and the Roman Empire

To Roman eyes the Gauls were quote uncivilized, this does not mean that they were mindless brutes. Independent Gaul encompassed what is today France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and parts of Switzerland. In 58 BC, the Helvetii, a Celtic tribe who lived around Lake Geneva, grew tired of dealing with the encroaching German tribes. They decided to pack up their entire civilization and move out of the mountains,. intent on resettling in lowland Gaul.