Editing Alsace (section)

===Roman Alsace===
In response to the threat posted by [[Ariovistus]], the [[Aedui]], a Celtic tribe allied to Rome, appealed to the Roman Senate and Julius Caesar for aid. In 58 BCE, after negotiations with Ariovistus failed, [[Julius Caesar]] routed the Suebi at the foot of the Vosges near what became Cernay in southern Alsace.<ref name="Macmillan Education Ltd">{{cite book |last1=Cary |first1=M. |last2=Scullard |first2=H.H. |title=A History of Rome Down to the Age of Constantine |date=1979 |publisher=Macmillan Education Ltd. |location=London |pages=259–261 |edition=third}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Caesar |first1=Julius |editor1-last=Henderson |editor1-first=Jeffrey |title=The Galllic War, Book 1 |date=2000 |publisher=Harvard University |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |pages=46-87 (lines 31-54)}}</ref> There followed a "long period of security ... for the Gauls along the middle and upper Rhine."<ref name="Macmillan Education Ltd"/>

From the time of [[Augustus]] to the early fifth century AD, the area of Alsace was incorporated into the Roman province of [[Germania Superior]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sheperd |first1=William |title=Historical Atlas |date=1929 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company |location=New York |pages=38–39 |edition=seventh}}</ref> As a border province, the Romans built fortifications and military camps, many of which, including [[Argentoratum]] (Strasbourg), evolved into modern towns and cities.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cary |first1=M. |last2=Scullard |first2=H.H. |title=A History of Rome Down to the Reign of Constantine |date=1979 |publisher=MacMillan Education Ltd |location=London |pages=336 and 458}}</ref>