In the north and the west were paltry hamlets, as transferable almost as the people themselves; and on some islet amidst the morasses, or in some hidden recess of the forest, were huge intrenchments formed of the trees that were felled, where the population, at the first sound of the war-cry, ran to shelter themselves with their flocks and all their movables.

And the war-cry was often heard: men living grossly and idly are very prone to quarrel and fight.

Gaul, moreover, was not occupied by one and the same nation, with the same traditions and the same chiefs.
Tribes very different in origin, habits, and date of settlement, were continually disputing the territory.

In the south were Iberians or Aquitanians, Phoenicians and Greeks; in the north and north-west, Kymrians or Belgians; everywhere else, Gauls or Celts, the most numerous settlers, who had the honor of giving their name to the country.

Who were the first to come, then?
and what was the date of the first settlement?
Nobody knows.