The Romans called it "Gallia" I believe. It was divided into provinces.
Quote Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus
In England, the Angles and Saxons killed the men and married the women. At least that is what I have heard. So the genetic pool should be much "germanized", whatever that means. And remember that the Normans were genetically Germans too, although coming from France (after they came to France from Scandinavia).
I have never heard of this. Anything I've read on Anglo-Saxon England does point to the intermarrying being very low, and the Anglo-Saxons keeping mostly to their own kind, AFAIK it did occur but wasn't widespread.