Ager Gallicus

Map of Umbria and Picenum showing the location of the Ager Gallicus

The Ager Gallicus was the territory in northern Picenum that had been occupied by the Senone Gauls and was conquered by Rome[1] in 284 BC or 283 BC, either after the Battle of Arretium or the Battle of Lake Vadimon.

The territory corresponds to the portion of the modern Marche region lying north of the Esino river, on the coast Adriatic Sea.

  1. ^ Livy 5,33-55; Diodorus Siculus 14,113–117