During the time of the Romans, it was called gaul, but after the fall of the Roman empire the people were called franks which morphed into france. :)
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The Pont to Gard was built in the first century AD. It is a bridge which was part of the Nimes aqueduct which supplied water to the city of Nemausus (Nimes) and is named after the district where it is located, the Gard département, in southern France. It crosses the Gardon River.
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The Pont du Gard is a bridge which still stands and was part of the aqueduct which supplied water to the city of Nemausus (Nimes) in southern France. It is the greatest example of a Roman multi-pier bridge. The Romans built two or three tiers of arches on top of each other when they needed a bridge to reach a great height.
The Pont du Gard has three tiers of recessed arches with the main piers in line one above the other. The first two tiers have very high and wide arches and a third tier has low and narrow arches. It was built to carry an aqueduct to Nimes in southern France. It reaches a height of 48.8 metres (160 feet). The lower tier is 142 metres (466 feet) long and has six aches with a height of 22 metres (72 ft.). The second tier is 242 metres (794 ft.) long and has eleven arches 20 metres (66 ft.) high. The upper tier is 275 metre (902 ft.) long. It originally had 47 arches (only 35 have survived) 7 metres (23 ft.) high. The width of the first pier is 6 metres (20th.), that of the second pier is 4 metres (13 ft.) and that of the third pier is 3 metres (23 ft.).
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He did not conquer Greece. He attempted to bring the independent Greek city-states under control to bring peace and stop them disrupting his empire, but failed. The Greeks went back to fighting each other.
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here is a list of every roman city that ever lived
Roma
Augusta Prætoria
Veii
Antium
Cumæ
Metapontum
Aquæ Sextiæ
Pompeii
Capua
Herculaneum
Ælia Capitolina
Pisæ
Venetiæ
Ravenna
Mediolanum
Pæstum
Viroconium
Lugdunum
Populonium
Agrigentum
Bracara Augusta
Castra Batava
Lutetia Parisiorum
Ostia
Constantinopolis
Stabiæ
Tergeste
Brundisium
Cæsaraugusta
Florentia
Salernum
Forum Lulii
Cæsarea
Spoletium
Tarentum
Seleucia
Beneventum
Aurelianorum
Cæsarea Maritima
Hippo Regius
Falerii Novi
Aquæ Armenetiæ
Capena
Londinium
Augusta Argentorate
Eburacum
Arretium
Carthago Nova
Colonia Julia Carthago
Thuburbo Maius
Savona
Agrippina
Agrippina Romanorum
Prætorium Agrippinæ
Colonia Agrippina
Oenipontum
Cæsaromagus
Noviomagus
Tibur
Verona
Corfinium
Quinque-Ecclesiis
Cirta
Hispalis
Aquæ Pannonicæ
Marcianopolis
Italica
Rhegium
Messana
Colonia Antiocheia
Tripontium
Pisaurum
Sirmium
Augustadorum
Trapezus
Vindobona
Carrhæ
Emesa
Crotona
Burdigala
Concordia Sagittaria
Taginæ
Claudiopolis
Diocletianopolis
Serdica
Præsidium Iulium
Tarquinii
Juliomagus
Massilia
Syracusæ
Leptis Magna
Emerita Augusta
Tifernum Tiberinum
Forum Hadriani
Hadria
Hadrianopolis
Hadrianutheræ
Lambæsis
Thamugadi
Antinoüs
Mutina
Pax Iulia
Tridentum
Vindolanda
Patavium
Aquæ Flaviæ
Parætonium
Cannæ
Dyrrhachium
Lauriacum
Augusta Traiana
Colonia Ulpia Traiana
Prætorium Latobicorum
Teurnia
Asisium
Venta Belgarum
Lindum Colonia
Perusia
Tergestum
Comagena
Ticinum Papiæ
Camulodunum
Antipolis
Durovernum
Ratæ Coritanorum
Luguvallum
Néropolis
Mamucium
Augusta Taurinorum
Verulamium
Segontium
Arcadiopolis
Colonia Iulia Equestris
Mancunium
Carsulæ
Octodurus
Novæsium
Oppidum Ubiorum
Bulla Regia
Sorviodunum
Tyrus
Volubilis
Tusculum
Pompælo
Ragusa
Calleva Atrebatum
Carnuntum
Vercellæ
Alba Fucens
Urbinum Mataurense
Cornelii
Ancona
Bellunum
Præneste
Vulci
Regium Lepidum
Comum
Eporedia
Æsis
Barduli
Tarvisium
Osca
Aquæ Originis
Vicus Elbii
Interamna Nahars
Sæna Julia
Alba Regia
Gratianopolis
Complutum
Centumcellai
Potentia
Lilybæum
Juvavum
Apamea
Faventia
Sitifis
Telo Martius
Adana
Nemausus
Casilinum
Salmantica
Durocatalaunum
Verodunum
Abbatis Villa
Bæterræ
Condate Redonum
Augusta Vindelicorum
Rotomagus
Trimontium
Aquæ Mattiacorum
Coriallum
Mogontiacum
Scallabis
Derventio
Olisipo
Æminium
Castra Bonnensia
Singidunum
Pons Ælii
Augusta Treverorum
Vesuna
Liberalitas Julia
Trajectum ad Rhenum
Iculisma
Glevum
Aginnum
Limonum
Castra Nova
Lentia
Regnum
Constantia
Nicopolis
Arabona
Portus Cale
Sabaria
Augustonemetum
Bilachinium
Cuicul
Utina
Veldidena
Ovilava
Marsonia
Civitas Nerviorum
Albiga
Volsinii
Mursa
Emona
Orolaunum
Sutrium
Cortoriacum
Ostia Aterni
Arsinoe
Cære
Salduba
Augusta Raurica
Hippo Zarytus
Portus Magnus
Sætabis
Asturica Augusta
Brixia
Calagurris
Valentia
Saldæ
Toletum
Fæsulæ
Castrum Deutonis
Abellinum
Bedriacum
Cortona
Isca Dumnoniorum
Juliobona
Aquæ Sulis
Caurium
Urbinum Hortense
Ammaia
Cosa
Venta Silurum
Apulum
Castra Devana
Napoca
Anazarbus
Baiæ
Ocriculum
Gigia
Capreæ
Danum
Pollentia
Augusta Vangiorum
Carsioli
Aquincum
Hadrumetum
Sora
Camerinum
Treviri
Alba Longa
Gerontium
Amiternum
Samarobriva Ambianorum
Durocortorum
Lanuvium
Sabratha
Oea
Lapurdum
Theveste
Veralamium
Autricum
Lucus Augusti
Sopianæ
Hippo Diarrhytus
Zaitha
Vetulonia
Lemincum
Sufetula
Lucentum
Æclanum
Cydamæ
Dumatha
Iluro
Cidamus
Aquæ Gratianae
Saguntum
Nepte
Juliobriga
Basilia
Turicum
Arpinum
Zama Regia
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The Pont du Gard is located in the village of Vers-Pont-du-Gard, near the town of Nimes in south-eastern France. Its geographic coordinates are:
Latitude 43° 56' 50" North
Longitude 04° 32' 07" East
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