Ager Gallicus

The Ager Gallicus was the territory in northern Picenum that had been occupied by the Senone Gauls and was conquered by Rome between 284 and 282 BC, after the battles of the Lake Vadimon and Populonia.

The territory corresponds to the portion of the modern Marche region lying north of the Esino river, on the coast Adriatic Sea.

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