# Aedui-Roman alliance develops (-200)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/-200-aedui-roman-alliance-develops
Location: Burgundy

The Aedui formed a privileged relationship with Rome that later influenced Roman intervention in Gaul. Within the broader Celtic Gaul period, Iron Age Gaul was a mosaic of peoples, towns and confederations linked by trade, warfare and religious networks. Greek and Roman contacts increasingly drew the region into Mediterranean politics. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Gaulish tribal polities (No single ruler). Aedui-Roman alliance develops mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Aedui-Roman alliance develops mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems.

Ruler at the time: [Gaulish tribal polities](https://history-france.com/rulers/gaulish-tribal-polities)

## Sources
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- [Wikipedia — History of France overview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_France)