Editing Toulouse (section)

====Toulouse refounded by the Romans on the banks of the Garonne====
Tolosa enters the historical period in the 2nd century BC, when it became a [[Roman Republic|Roman]] military outpost. After the conquest of [[Roman Gaul|Gaul]], it was developed as a Roman city in [[Gallia Narbonensis]]. Under the reign of Emperor [[Augustus]] and thanks to the [[Pax Romana]], the Romans moved the city a few kilometres from the hills where it was an ''[[oppidum]]'' to the banks of the Garonne, which were more suitable for trade.<ref name="Histoire de Toulouse 2019">Collective work directed by Jean-Marc Olivier and Rémy Pech: "''Histoire de Toulouse et de la métropole''". Éditions Privat, 2019.</ref>

In the second half of the 1st century, the emperor [[Domitian]] distinguished Toulouse by placing it under the patronage of the goddess [[Athena|Pallas Athena]], so that the Latin poets [[Martial]], [[Ausonius]] and [[Sidonius Apollinaris]] called the city ''Palladia Tolosa'' (Palladian Toulouse), a term that was still used in the Renaissance and even today when the city is presented as propitious to the arts and letters.<ref name="Histoire de Toulouse 2019"/>

Around the year 250, Toulouse was marked by the martyrdom of [[Saturnin]], the first bishop of Toulouse. This episode illustrates the difficult beginnings of Christianity in Roman Gaul.<ref name="Histoire de Toulouse 2019"/>