 According to some studies, the first traces of settlements in Campogalliano date back to prehistoric age with the arrival of the Gauls into the Po Valley, from which the city was name after the ‘Campo dei Galli’ ('Field of the Gauls').The Gauls – as a Terramare civilisation – settled nearby the River Secchia, an important river route that flows near the town.The Romans subdued the Celtic local population of Reggio and Modena, and after that, the Galli Boi territory – the Celtic tribe that lived there – was annexed to the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul, which became its core.