Guta racho rakabudirira nokuita somubatanidzwa pakati peGulf yomukati, yaida zvinhu zveRoma newaini (iyo Massalia yakanga ichitengesa kunze kwenyika zvishoma nezvishoma muna 500 BC), uye kuda kwakasimba kweRoma kwezvinhu zvitsva nevaranda. Munguva yeHondo dzePunic, Hannibal akayambuka Alps
kuchamhembe kweguta. Muna 123 BC, Massalia yakatarisana nekupinda kweAllobroges neArverni pasi paBituitus; yakapinda mubatanidzwa neRoma, ichigamuchira dziviriro <unk> mauto eRoma pasi paQ. Fabius Maximus naGn. Domitius Ahenobarbus akakunda vaGauls paVindalium muna 121 BC<unk> mukutsinhana nekubva pasi penzvimbo kuburikidza nenyika yayo iyo yakashandiswa kuvaka "Via Domitia", mugwagwa unoenda kuSpain. Saka guta rakachengetedza kuzvitonga kwaro kwenguva yakati rebei, kunyange zvazvo vaRoma vakaronga dunhu ravo reTransalpine Gaul rakapoteredza uye vakavaka koloni paNarbo Martius (Narbonne) muna 118 BC iyo yakazokwikwidza nehupfumi neMassalia.