Belgica Prima

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Belgica Prima was a late Roman imperial province in northeastern Gaul, centered on the important city of Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier).

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Belgica Prima canonical 3
Belgica I 1
Belgica II 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province
late Roman imperial province
administrativeDivisionOf Western Roman Empire
borderedBy Belgica Secunda
Germania Superior
surface form: Germania Prima

Lugdunensis
Maxima Sequanorum
capital Augusta Treverorum
Trier
centeredOn Augusta Treverorum
Trier
correspondsToModernRegion parts of modern Belgium
parts of modern France
parts of modern Germany
parts of modern Luxembourg
createdUnder Diocletian
currencyUsed Roman currency
establishedInCentury 3rd century
existedInCentury 4th century
5th century
followed Gallia Belgica
governedBy praeses
hadAdministrativeCenter Augusta Treverorum
Trier
hadImportantCity Augusta Treverorum
Divodurum Mediomatricorum
Metz
Trier
Tullum Leucorum
Verdun, France
surface form: Verdun
hadReligion Christianity
Roman paganism
hadRoadNetwork Roman roads
hadStatus imperial province
historicalRegion Gaul
languageUsed Latin
legalSystem Roman law
locatedIn northeastern Gaul
militaryZone yes
namedAfter Belgium
surface form: Belgica
partOf diocese of the Gauls
surface form: Diocese of Gaul

Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls
surface form: Praetorian Prefecture of Gaul

Roman Empire
succeededBy Kingdom of the Franks
surface form: Frankish kingdoms
wasAffectedBy Frankish expansion
Roman–Germanic wars
surface form: Germanic invasions
wasSeatOf imperial residence at Trier

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Augusta Treverorum locatedIn Belgica Prima
Roman province of Germania Inferior succeededBy Belgica Prima
subject surface form: Germania Inferior
this entity surface form: Belgica Secunda
diocese of the Gauls hadProvince Belgica Prima
subject surface form: Diocese of the Gauls
this entity surface form: Belgica I
diocese of the Gauls hadProvince Belgica Prima
subject surface form: Diocese of the Gauls
this entity surface form: Belgica II
Gallia Belgica dividedInto Belgica Prima
Gallia Belgica successorEntity Belgica Prima