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Today, France (ancient Gaul) is agriculturally productive, with several large river valleys. But in Roman times, Rome had to import crops from Egypt and North Africa. Why wasn't Gaul Rome's breadbasket?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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