Editing Gascony (section)

===Aquitania===
{{see also|Vascones}}

In [[Classical antiquity|pre-Roman times]], the inhabitants of Gascony were the [[Aquitani]]ans ({{langx|la|Aquitani}}), who spoke a [[Pre-Indo-European languages|non-Indo-European language]] related to modern Basque.

The Aquitanians inhabited a territory limited to the north and east by the river [[Garonne]], to the south by the Pyrenees mountain range, and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The Romans called this territory Aquitania, either from the Latin word {{lang|la|aqua}} (meaning "water"), in reference to the many rivers flowing from the Pyrenees through the area, or from the name of the Aquitanian [[Ausci]] tribe, in which case Aquitania would mean "land of the Ausci".

In the 50s BC, Aquitania was conquered by lieutenants of [[Julius Caesar]] and became part of the [[Roman Empire]].

Later, in 27 BC, during the reign of Emperor [[Caesar Augustus|Augustus]], the province of [[Gallia Aquitania]] was created. Gallia Aquitania was far larger than the original Aquitania, as it extended north of the Garonne, in fact all the way north to the river [[Loire]], thus including the [[Celts|Celtic]] [[Gauls]] that inhabited the regions between the rivers Garonne and Loire.