REQUIRED READING
FOR THE
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle for 1883-4.
MARCH.
READINGS FROM FRENCH HISTORY.
By Rev. J. H. VINCENT, D.D.
I.—AN OUTLINE OF FRENCH HISTORY.
From “The People’s Commentary”—and paragraphed.
1. Gallia was the name under which France was designated by the Romans, who knew little of the country till the time of Cæsar, when it was occupied by the Aquitani, Celtæ, and Belgæ.
2. Under Augustus, Gaul was divided into four provinces, which, under subsequent emperors, were dismembered, and subdivided into seventeen.