[farming pharmer]

The last time I heard the words ‘cis’ and ‘trans’ were in an organic chemistry class. God help us.

[Verginius Rufus]

For the Romans, Cisalpine Gaul was the Po Valley of northern Italy, and Transalpine Gaul was roughly the area of modern France.

No wonder Julius Caesar was able to conquer Gaul so quickly...he was fighting a bunch of "trans" soldiers.