Gaul was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy.
Gauls in Rome
Soldiers of Gaul, as imagined by a late 19th-century illustrator for the Larousse dictionary, 1898
Massalia (Marseille) silver coin with Greek legend, 5th–1st century BC.
Gold coins of the Gaul Parisii, 1st century BC, (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris).