[3]: 97–136  After the French revolution, the palace and its gardens were declared national property and divided into eleven parts.

[6] An earlier text dates the establishment of Alan, Haute-Garonne and its name back to the fifth century AD during the reign of Constantius III and his campaigns against the Visigoths in northern Hispania.

[7] In 414 AD, the forces of Visigothic King Athaulf along with their Alan allies marched into southern Gaul in search of a place to settle.

[8][9][10] The Goths, deprived of their Alan allies broke off the siege and through constant pressure by forces of Constantius, fled from southern Gaul, crossing the Pyrenees and entering Hispania in 415 AD.

[11][12] Following this victory, emperor Constantius, as part of his plan to confine the Goths in Hispania, fulfilled the agreement between Paulinus and the Alans, arranging for the division of land between Toulouse and the Mediterranean, enabling the Alans to control coastal roads particularly the Via Domitia connecting Gaul with Hispania.