Gaul
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Gaul was a large region of Western Europe in antiquity, encompassing much of present-day France and neighboring areas, inhabited primarily by Celtic tribes before Roman conquest.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Gauls | 0 | 5 |
| Cisalpine Gaul | 0 | 3 |
| Celtic Gaul | 0 | 1 |
| Gaul (Roman sanctuaries of Isis) | 0 | 1 |
| Roman Gaul | 0 | 1 |
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient region
→
former Roman province → historical region → |
| borderedBy |
Alps
→
Atlantic Ocean → English Channel → Mediterranean Sea → Pyrenees → Rhine →
surface form:
Rhine River
|
| capitalUnderRome | Lugdunum → |
| conqueredBy |
Julius Caesar
→
Roman Republic → |
| conquestDocumentedIn |
Gallic Wars
→
surface form:
Commentarii de Bello Gallico
|
| correspondsTo | modern France → |
| culturalFeature |
Celtic art
→
druidic priesthood → oppida (fortified settlements) → |
| economy |
agriculture
→
metalworking → salt trade → wine trade → |
| ethnonym |
Celtic tribes
→
surface form:
Celtae
Galli → |
| fullyIntegratedIntoRomanEmpireBy | 1st century CE → |
| hasPart |
Aedui territory
→
Allobroges territory → Alpine regions → Aquitani territory → Armorica → Arverni territory → Belgae territory → Celtic tribes → Gaul self-linksurface differs →
surface form:
Cisalpine Gaul
Aquitani territory →
surface form:
Gallia Aquitania
Gallia Belgica → Gallia Lugdunensis → Gallia Narbonensis → Garonne basin → Helvetii territory → Loire →
surface form:
Loire basin
Mediterranean coastline → Parisii territory → Left Bank of the Rhine →
surface form:
Rhine frontier
Rhône Valley →
surface form:
Rhône valley
Seine River Basin →
surface form:
Seine basin
Sequani territory → Gallia Narbonensis →
surface form:
Transalpine Gaul
|
| inhabitedBy |
Aquitani territory
→
surface form:
Aquitani
Belgae → Celtic tribes →
surface form:
Celtic peoples
Gaul self-linksurface differs →
surface form:
Gauls
|
| knownToGreeksAs |
Galatia
→
surface form:
Galatia (for some Celtic regions)
|
| languageFamily | Celtic languages → |
| laterAdministrativeLanguage | Latin → |
| laterBecame |
Kingdom of the Franks
→
surface form:
Frankish Kingdom
part of medieval France → |
| laterReligion |
Christianity
→
Roman religion → |
| locatedIn |
Western Europe
→
continental Europe → |
| majorCity |
Arelate
→
Burdigala → Lugdunum → Lutetia → Massilia → |
| militaryFeature |
infantry warriors
→
war chariots → |
| partiallyCorrespondsTo |
Duchy of Luxembourg
→
surface form:
Luxembourg
southern Netherlands →
surface form:
Netherlands south of the Rhine
modern Belgium → Northern Italy →
surface form:
northern Italy
Rhineland →
surface form:
western Germany
Western Switzerland →
surface form:
western Switzerland
|
| partOf |
Alpine Celtic culture
→
surface form:
Celtic world
Roman Empire → |
| primaryAncientLanguage | Gaulish → |
| religion | Celtic polytheism → |
| resistedBy | Vercingetorix → |
| romanAdministrativeDivision | diocese of the Gauls → |
| romanConquestCompleted | 1st century BCE → |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
→
Roman period → |
Referenced by (60)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Celtic Gaul
this entity surface form:
Gauls
this entity surface form:
Gauls
subject surface form:
Arausio
this entity surface form:
Gauls
this entity surface form:
Gauls
this entity surface form:
Roman Gaul
this entity surface form:
Cisalpine Gaul