Editing History of Monaco (section)

==Roman rule==
[[File:Theodosius I's empire.png|right|thumb|The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, c. 395 AD, superimposed on modern borders. {{legend|#AF2424|Western Roman Empire}} {{legend|#8A24B6|Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire)}}]]
After the [[Gallic Wars]], ''Monoecus'', which served as a stopping-point for [[Julius Caesar]] on his way to campaign in [[Greece]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://monacodc.org/monhistory.html | title=History of Monaco }}</ref>  fell under [[Roman Empire|Roman]] control as part of the Maritime [[Alps]] province ([[Gallia Transalpina]]).

The Roman poet [[Virgil]] called it "that castled cliff, Monoecus by the sea".<ref>''[[Aeneid]]'', VI.830</ref> The commentator [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]]'s use of the passage<ref>R. Maltby, ''Lexicon of Ancient Latin Etymologies''</ref> asserts, under the entry ''portus'', that the epithet was derived:
{{Blockquote|either because Hercules drove off everyone else and lived there alone, or because in his temple no other of the gods is worshipped at the same time.}}

No temple to Hercules has been found at Monaco.<ref>[[Lucan (poet)|Lucan]] 1.405.</ref>

The port is mentioned in [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural History|Natural History]]''<ref>Pliny the Eldner, III.v</ref> and in [[Tacitus]]'s ''[[Histories (Tacitus)|Histories]]'',<ref>''Histories'', III.42</ref> when [[Fabius Valens]] was forced to put into the port.