Novempopulania

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Novempopulania (Latin for "country of the nine peoples")was one of the provinces created by Diocletian out of Gallia Aquitania, being also called Aquitania Tertia.

The area of Novempopulania was historically the first one to receive the name of Aquitania, as it was here where the original Aquitani dwelt primarily. Yet with the creation of a larger province with that name by Augustus Aquitaine began to signify a larger and more diverse territory.

In the Middle Ages it was the core region of the Duchy of Vasconia, later being split between the Duchy of Gascony and the County of Vasconia.

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• Aquitani
• Duchy of Vasconia
• Gascony
• Northern Basque Country
• Basque language