Aquitania great

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Aquitania prima was one of the provinces of Gaul formed by Emperor Diocletian (reign 284–305) . It was created when the province of Gallia Aquitania was divided into three parts:

• Aquitania prima in the east with the Massif Central and the Berry , capital Avaricum ( Bourges )
• Aquitania secunda in the west between the Gironde and the Loire , capital Burdigala ( Bordeaux ) and
• Novempopulana (or Aquitania tertia) between the Garonne and the Pyrenees , capital Elusa ( Éauze )

All three provinces then belonged to the Praefectus praetorio Galliarum and the Dioecesis Galliae .

Aquitania prima was inhabited by the

• Albigenses around Albiensium ( Albi , Albigeois )
• Cadurci around Divona Cadurcorum ( Cahors , Quercy )
• Ruteni around Segodunum ( Rodez , Rouergue )
• Lemovici around Augustoritum ( Limoges , Limousin )
• Arverni around Augustonemetum ( Clermont-Ferrand , Auvergne )
• Bituriges around Avaricum ( Bourges , Berry )
• Vellavi around Ruessium ( Saint-Paulien , Velay )
• Gabales around Anderitum ( Javols , Gévaudan )

When the Western Roman Empire collapsed , Aquitania was occupied by the Visigoths under King Eurich from 471 onwards.