00:00The Mediomatris, from the Latin Mediomatrici, were a people of Belgic Gaul. The present-day department
00:05The French of Moselle correspond to the majority of their territory. They settle on
00:09this territory during the 3rd century BC and reached its peak around
00:13From 120 to 100 BC. During the Gallic Wars, they only participated late.
00:18to the conflict by sending reinforcements to Vercingetorix, who was besieged in Alesia. After the conquest
00:23Roman, they are attached to Belgic Gaul. Augustus and his advisor Agrippa attempt to
00:28Romanizing the region, notably with the construction of the Via Agrippa. With the exception of the passage
00:33With the troops of Vitellius in 69, the area benefited from the Pax Romana until the time
00:37barbarian invasions. Their main oppidum, Divodorum Mediomatricorum, is located at the confluence
00:43of the Seille and Moselle rivers, which today corresponds to the city of Metz. Eight others
00:47opidas complete the territorial network along the main road and river axes.
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