Gaul

Gaul or the United Kingdoms Of Gaul is a Celtic nation in the Barbarianheart Manga. It is a former province of The Roman Empire and has been under attack from Germanians constantly throughout the manga.

History
Gaul is a vast region of Central Western Europe Inhabited by Celtic tribes during antiquity. During the time Gias Julius Caesar was general of the Roman Legion, Gaul was invaded and over thrown by Rome, where they committed mass genocide and enslavement of indigenous Celtic peoples around Gaul. Gaul became a province of Rome and the Gauls where forced to speak only Latin. Though the Gaulish dialects of Latin are heavily influenced by Gaulish thus evolving into French. Though Caesar used the excuse that the Gauls are savage barbarians and are a threat to Rome do to several accounts from centuries before him that the Lepontic Celts of Northern Italia sacked Rome, there was clearly a political motive not only attemting to walk in the footsteps of his idol Alexander but to prove that he is fit to rule by conquering such a large landmass. After the fall of Rome, Gaul became a free nation of Celts but was constantly invaded by the Germanic tribes known as Franks who eventually conquered Parisius and changed Gaul’s name into Francia becoming France later on.

Religion
Gallic religion is similar to other Celtic religions though do to the mass replacement of Gaul’s indigenous culture with Greco-Roman culture not much is known about it and no folk tales remain from the Gauls. However the names of the gods and goddesses have been recorded though influenced by Romanized Hellenism.