- an ancient region of Europe, corresponding to modern France, Belgium, the south Netherlands, SW Germany, and northern Italy. The area south of the Alps was conquered in 222 BC by the Romans, who called it Cisalpine Gaul. The area north of the Alps, known as Transalpine Gaul, was taken by Julius Caesar between 58 and 51 BC.高卢（欧洲一古老地区, 包括现在的法国、比利时、荷兰南部、德国西南部和意大利北部; 阿尔卑斯山南部地区公元前222年被罗马人占领, 称为山南高卢; 阿尔卑斯山北部地区通称山北高卢, 公元前58年到公元前51年间被尤利乌斯·恺撒占领）。