Editing Charente-Maritime (section)

==== High Roman Empire and Gallo-Roman Period ====
[[File:09 NAQ - Charente-Maritime - Saintes - Arc de Germanicus (2017-05-02 11-38-45).jpg|thumb|The [[arch of Germanicus]] at [[Saintes, Charente-Maritime|Saintes]].]]
The [[Gallic Wars|Gallic War]] (58–51 BC), sparked by [[Julius Caesar]]’s intervention against the [[Helvetii|Helvetians]], saw mixed Santon involvement: their fleet aided the Romans against the Venetians (56 BC), yet some joined [[Vercingetorix]] at [[Battle of Gergovia|Gergovia]] and [[Battle of Alesia|Alesia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Caesar |first1=Julius |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001840928 |title=Les Commentaires de César, revue, corrigée et augmentée de notes historiques et geographiques. Et d'une carte nouvelle de la Gaule et du Plan d'Alise |last2=Anville |first2=Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' |date=1763 |publisher=chez Arkstee & Merkus |series=Works.French.1763 |location=A Amsterdam et à Leipzig |language=fr |trans-title=Caesar's Commentaries, revised, corrected, and expanded with historical and geographical notes. And a new map of Gaul and the Plan of Alise}}</ref> Post-conquest, under [[Augustus]], the Santons’ territory became part of the [[Gallia Aquitania|province of Aquitaine]], with [[Mediolanum Santonum]] ([[Saintes, Charente-Maritime|Saintes]]) as its first capital, boasting monuments like the [[Arch of Germanicus|votive arch]] and amphitheater.<ref name=":46">{{Harvtxt|Delayant|1872|p=34}}</ref> Novioregum ([[Barzan, Charente-Maritime|Barzan]]) emerged as a major port, exporting goods like wine (reallowed by [[Probus (emperor)|Probus]] in 276) and ''santonine'' absinthe.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Julien-Labruyere|1980|p=127}}</ref> Roman infrastructure, including roads to [[Burdigala]] ([[Bordeaux]]) and [[Limonum]] ([[Poitiers]]), and structures like the Pirelonge tower at [[Saint-Romain-de-Benet]], enriched the region.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Salles|2000|p=504}}</ref>